Unspeakable

There are tortoises
who love to lay in the sun
on a rock,
all day
by the water.

There are bees
who hover all day in hundreds of flowers.

There are sofa cushions to hold
from sun up to sun down,
and jet sets, jet seats
faster than sound!

There are five droplets
that go this way
and ten that go that,

and one
happens
in a way never before
and never again,

life
without concepts,
Unspeakable

On Jealousy and Self Hatred

if I was her
then who would be me?

who would write my poems,
paint my paintings?

would i really wish death
on this tulip?

God, you made a mistake;
you did it wrong.

would you really rip away that life?

Freeze.

the.frame.

Stop.

In perfect stillness,
in timelessness,
without a past,
without a future,
without other,

look again
at that tulip?

Look very closely
at each cell,
each cheek,
each curve,
every nuance of rose...

TOUCH her.

Inhale her.

the indescribable,

is she not the perfect queen?

Trees

What I love about trees:
deep calm,
flexible,
no fixed position

Serpents

Let all the serpents come home,
All the miserable sinners,
the frightened child in the night
having bad dreams

Let her climb into bed with you,
Every snake,
come home
to her mother

Home,
under the warm covers,
the kind heart,
Mother's Love

Let her relax
in your Safety

the ambassador

it just arose and arose and arose
like a scarf being pulled out of a magician's hat

until she fell
silent

and in the silence
faded away

then the Madame knocked
again on the door,
the big hair,
the big smile,
the painted lips,
the bold glow,
in her red blazer

there was nothing to fear about her
now

she was an ambassador,
she brought all the foreign parts
to the fore,

no need to go traveling
to meet the strangest,
the estranged,
parts of yourself.

just sit

and listen

bowstring

like the bowstring
stretching, stretching, stretching,
there is no strain

what use a bowstring
unstrung,
lying limp in a pile?

we are meant to stretch
out
longer,

that when the love
propelled great distances
lands in foreign soil

it is no mistake;
it is a great kiss,

hello, sweetheart,
I am yours

Kindness

Kindness
is an ocean.

She is not
in short supply.

There are no strings attached
to kindness.

No, not strings attached,
but joining, embracing, supporting...

loving care,
no separation,
nature

Kindness is an ocean.

No loss
ever.