And one of my more recent poems...
Whole
When I, among the grandeur of Nature,
Am consumed in that space that is leaf and bird and bear and Earth,
All enmeshed by the Sun hearth
With everything else that is and is of Life,
The strife between mind and body is no more.
When gentle waltz of wind caress my skin,
When the marks of soaring spirits uplift and praise and set ablaze
Mine own, there exposed is the truth of Self's core;
Calm once again the darling buds of May,
The strife of Montague and Capulet no more.
When natural death resurrection brings,
When fallen leaves dance gracefully with red and orange and yellow,
Happily integrity unto Spring show,
For lived bears Life among beauty rife
And strife between beginning and end no more.
Remember then that this is when we can Be.
Let Heaven touch your face,
Your eyes see, and your tears restore.
Realize they are of a Nature Race;
We, the rocks of eternal shore.
