vital moment, vital need

The present crisis is exposing the values, beliefs, looks and landscapes that support the cruel, inhuman, anti-human System - indiscriminately tearing apart, crushing and destroying lives.

Mindful of the teachings of our spiritual guide Silo when he said, " May your future joy remind you in the darkest moment, that life searches for growth, not the compensation of nothingness", please join me in asking for the well-being of all who are in anguish, in pain and suffering for themselves, their dear ones, and for all of humanity.


WITH OUR MOST
PROFOUND AFFECTION
AND POSITIVE THOUGHTS,
WE ASK:

LET THIS
MISFORTUNE
ILLUMINE
THE PATH
AHEAD...

LET PEACE IN THE HEAD,
JOY IN THE HEART, AND
FORCE IN THE BODY
PREVAIL IN EVERY
HUMAN BEING...

LET WISDOM
KINDNESS AND
STRENGTH

ACCOMPANY OUR ACTIVITIES
TOWARDS PEACE
NONVIOLENCE AND
DISARMAMENT...

LET OUR JOURNEY
BE FILLED WITH
MEANING, AND
FULFILLMENT.

MAY THIS PROFOUND ASKING
FOR WELL-BEING
REACH ALL

WHO RECOGNIZE
THIS VITAL MOMENT,
OF VITAL NEED.

open or close

prejudices or preferences
are like the opening or
closing of doors to fulfillment
or stagnation

A Phoenix-shn symbol

a lotus rises from muck
in a lake man-made or not
Life's intention is to grow
as Human, lotus, muck and all.

renewal

in the dark again,
not to fester this time but
to reconstitute.

To whom It May Concern

what do you taste?
sweetness, bitterness..
what comes out?
words that construct, destroy
or does it matter at all
what gets into or out of one's mouth

what do you smell?
scent of fragrance, foul
odor, or does it matter
at all what passes thru one's nose

what do you see?
a blossoming of realities,
blight cruel world, or does
it matter at all what sights
one's eyes focus on?

what do you hear?
harmonious melodies
of movements and cycles,
roars of cruelty and violence,
or does it matter at all
what sounds one's ears
hear or listen to?

what touch your body?
affection, pain,
or does it matter at all
what reaches one's skin?

what 's in your head?
How do you feel in your heart?
Where is your body?

Who are you?
In what direction are you going?
What for?

Answers may come
from these images
whence arise

thoughts, feelings and action
that when in agreement bring
Peace, Strength and Joy;

that when incoherent
give rise to violence, suffering
and non-meaning..

to a journey called living..
for a being called
Human

to whom
for whom
images matter.

an occurence

discerned, the sacred
sheds embers to keep aglow
a new horizon"


*another version of an earlier haiku

It Matters...

What thoughts come:
just another day?
a repeat of the day before?
or a welcome adventure?

What sentiments arise:
renewed?
riled?
grateful for a new day?

What actions are carried out:
robotic ceremonies?
fresh strides?
attentive moves?

Yes, it matters
how one gets up
each day in the morn...

a peaceful mind
a joyful heart
a body nourished-

In grateful chorus
to greet life from
within and without.


*a poem began in May 2 and finished on June 7 in Georgia with my sister and her lovely children.