poems & songs to fuel our journey

True New Growth

They say the world has gone crazy
and we need to fight back with righteous might,
or get extra bags of spiritual glitter to coat it all in love and light,
or keep trying harder to do all our lists right

The trees where I live are teaching me

to stop questioning if I’m being lazy,
or if my brain has slipped off the responsible sanity track,
while denying its rust, or etymology of lack

Deep wisdom pulsing from the core of mother earth,
and virgin green ever-reaching, joyfully grows
undaunted, curving, twirling toward the light,
revealing how real response-ability flows

Their beautiful branches of governance
remind me to close my eyes, and realize
that the questioning itself
comes from the programming that created the big mess,
and fuels the chaos more, not less

So, while there may still be a nervous Nelly
who wants to point to something smelly,
to scare me into how good girls should behave

The trees, along with Mountain Mama’s reign supreme,
extend their roots, entwining with my nerve endings, whispering,

Trust, trust, trust…

Oh, precious daughter, Oh beloved queen,
We are here now, in the in between

This is what you came for
And we’ve got you
Surrounded in epic Grace

The future you were born to midwife
isn’t supposed to look like a seeker-achiever race

It is time to be brave

May I let myself LET GO,
into the Vast Infinite Presence VIP lounge,
where all the inner debate clubs cease
like soap bubbles disappearing
into a content-free, contented peace,

Floating through a portal past problem-solving,
into the unknowable that knows,
and tends the garden of my tenderness with gentle caresses,
gliding in on attuned tippy toes,

No fake sugar.
No harsh warnings.
No clever shame blame game snake oil.
No frogs on super-slow boil.

There, there, it says,
There, there.
Hear, hear, it sings,
Just Be Here.
Here, here.

And let your soul hum in synch with us,
in tune with this Mystery unfolding,
No longer a pawn, obedient to any scolding
from false prophets in your head or tyrants in our midst

Recall the others they said had gone mad?
The doctor who discovered hand-washing
and Galileo could lead a parade of tragically sad
tales of genius ridiculed to death by small minds in control
Do not let any fake fear mongers take their toll

All of the thinking blinking thinking
will never ever heal the pain, or change the world
Follow Me into the Breath of LOVE,
and we will set everyone free

And when you merge the mystical with the mundane,
You will meet your Real Self, and radically see
what is actually folly, and what is truly sane

I can see them, the Productivity Pimp
and the Uh-oh Pusher,
fist bumping on the street corners
in my old hood of Scare City,
plotting how they’ll try to traffic us

And just when I’m sure my thinking doesn’t stink
Here comes the judge
and the perky Positivity Police,
handing me a twisted-speeding ticket,
for breaking their law of faster is better

While a parade of Protestors start to march,
Chanting, not enough, not enough, not enough!

And on this Monday morn
I no longer feel so torn
about which voices to trust

For I am luxuriously liberating my soul
I found the freedom bridge, paid my toll

So, now I get to wake up to wonder-full choices
fueled by Wisdom, Joy and limitless possibility,
animating new creativity

While letting illogical, infinite LOVE dissolve
any old insecurity

Flight of 3 Poems: F.U.E.L. practice meditation with the mountain. These unexpectedly emerged, scribed on the same day. Please let them sink into your soul. :-)

I am this mountain...

I am this mountain and sky and trees

I am the birdsong and this cool breeze touching my skin

Greeting me, enfolding, emboldening me for a truly new day to begin

I am this cup of tea, warm in my hands

I am an unfolding Mystery that no amount of clever thinking ever understands

I am emergence rising

from the belly of the beast and the bosom of the Great Mother

We are entering a time unlike any other

Where we finally can see

Every being as sister brother

And forgiveness and grace allow us to be emancipated

from these chains of fear and division

And be consecrated in a new vision

beyond all these stories and strategies that come from lack

Truly waking up to LOVE limitless omnipotent vitality expressing, caressing wounded hearts and healing reactive adaptive parts that tried to protect us but we just kept falling down

Now here we stand together and tall

Claiming our crowns, and taking our power back

for a beautiful world that does work for all

The sun is not afraid of the dark...

The sun is not afraid of the dark

The moon doesn’t wish it were thinner

The ocean isn’t worried about getting wet or drowning or being too much or too quiet & still And does not hesitate to create or destroy

The lilies do not toil, rather they blossom generously and wither back to compost without complaint

The hummingbird is not exhausted or overworked in spite of all that effort

 These are my teachers

if I am willing to let them be

The soul knows

What the ego often judges as a freeze of resistance, avoidance or at least a naughty lack of productivity

The soul knows as a Holy Pause

And is it my sovereign duty, especially at this stage of my life, to be a servant of the Sacred

Not a well-behaved slave for the never-ending list from the land of never enough

What is weak

What is wisdom

What is naïve

What is brave

There is only one life to save, the goddess (who lives in a chamber in my chest) whispers

It is my own, of course, I see

And may I know this is the blessing, benefiting what we call eternity

There are no real cages and no one to set free

But I shall carry on this quest
until they all reach purity
of heart and mind at rest
and humankind returning
to mine the gold inside and alchemize the lead world into its glory beyond the story we all were sold so long ago

And the LOVE parade shall march to celebrate a radiant new glow.

Song origin story: About three years ago, I was about to go to sleep around midnight and something compelled me
to put my fingers on the keyboard, and this flowed out
of my body— unexpected, spontaneous…about a week
before the war broke out in Ukraine/Russia.

Here in 2025, my heart goes out especially to the millions of innocent people, in any war across our global village, caught in the crossfire of politicians and power plays.

May there be true peace and prosperity and may it begin inside of me, ending the war within. May I keep dissolving fear- false evidence appearing real and liberating LOVE Limitless Omnipotent Vitality Emerging. And do my best each day to effectively embody this infinite LOVE in action. Infinite Source; help me to see clearly--not grey-smeared or rose-tinted-- and respond wisely, with compassion, curiosity and care.

A song for our shared heart of humanity. Let this touch yours :-)

When will we finally start learning
Hate cannot heal
And only LOVE is real
How much longer will it take for us to let go
Of so many stories that were never, ever true?
Why does it seem so hard
To face every face and see
You are me. And I am you.
We have a choice
LOVE or fear
Will you use your voice
And let it be clear
Are you ready? Are you willing to answer the call?
Keep it steady, history’s repeating. Hearts are beating
All for one and one for all
Where will we find our way to a new promise land with no guarantee?
Who are the ones destined to stay, even though we know it’s not easy
It’s just what’s gotta be!
What will make your soul sing?
Soar into the future and ask it what you’re here to bring
What you are here to bring
We have a choice
LOVE or fear
Will you use your voice
And let it be clear
Are you ready? Are you willing to answer the call?
Keep it steady, let’s claim our power in this hour
All for one and one for all
One Life One Love One Heart One Mind One Breath One Time
Now. Here we are Now. Here we are Now.

More good than you can imagine is in store for those who give up the little sense of self
for the SELF.
- Michael Beckwith

Move. But don’t move the way fear makes you move.
- Rumi

Divine Presence whispers to me
It's time to wake up, beloved,
into the arms of outrageous, infinite LOVE
into this new day dawning

You have no idea what's possible
when you let go of all the stories and strategies
and say YES to this LOVE taking the lead
in a new DANCE- unrehearsed, untethered,
unknowable and true

It does not compute for the programmed mind
or wounded heart
And this is your freedom and joy and destiny
to birth anew
or get tripped up by fear trying not to lose
in a crazy game, impossible to win

In each precious moment
you get to choose
and let this joyful play begin

SELF: Source Essence Limitless Formless

DANCE: Divine Aliveness Nourishing Creative Expression

LOVE: Limitless Omnipotent Vitality Emerging

YES: Yielding to Effortless Surrender :-)