Lion's Gate

   

The stars and planets

always point to Now.

This moment is the only

portal, a wide open doorway

of love

leading back to earth,

our true home.

Here's the secret: you don't need

to go anywhere else.

My astrologer gave up

when she looked at my chart

and saw constellations

spinning out of control,

planets madly dancing,

erasing their trines and sextiles

like lines drawn on water,

exchanging aspects like masks

of grief and exultation.

"You're just empty space!" she said,

"How do you do that?"

"Friend," I replied,

"awareness is a crystal

more solid that the sun,

more tranquil than Polaris.

Everything dissolves

but the diamond

glistening between your nipples.

First, you must learn to smile.

Laughter emancipates the stars

from the tyranny of knowledge.

Then, let go of yesterday.

As for tomorrow, it's already

here."

Painting: by Lucie Bilodeau