Suture's In Love's Wound

You are not a victim,
but a creator.
You are not entitled,
but blessed.
No one owes you anything.
Don't blame the past.

The present is always
the first moment
of creation,

nameless and new.

Instead of asking, give

from the delicious fruit

of your gratitude.
Heal the earth
with this breath.

*

The subtlest abundance
is not wealth
but beauty.
The subtlest beauty
is not form
but the formless.
And the essence of all
that is most comely
is your Self,
whom you mistake
for another
and call 'God.'
Creatures are
only beautiful
because they catch a ray
from the diamond
of your own
pure consciousness.

*

Only when I
embrace what Is
with unconditional
forgiveness
does Life create
something new,
something powerful
through the grace
of my emptiness.
The bee does not
choose the flower.
The flower chooses
the bee.

*

A human is the saddest
of creatures
because this mind
hovers around
the body until
the moment of death
when finally
it is the body -
something the animal
knew all along
and tried to tell us
again and again
through the golden story
of its fur.

*

A mountain floating
in the sky.
A tiny blue flower
dragging the whole planet
toward the sun.
A child falling,
laughing, teaching
us to walk again.
The weightless
dancing creatures
lifting up
the heavy ones.

*

There is light in silence,
music in  the dark
and, strange as it may seem,
you are the spark
of all you sense
and all you see.
To love and to redeem
you even create me.

Painting: Detail from Cezanne