She

She is the Goddess of eternal dawn
Muse to all men, midwife to grace
The whole world seduced by her shifting form
Gently lift the veil and behold her face

One night of atonement, sacred union attained
Heals all illusion, gives power to see
The secrets of alchemy, the mystery of Love
It's only through Her you will be set free

One simple glance from heavens gate
Power to bring song to your voice
Lost in the pleasure or moved to transcend
All terror and joy abounds in your choice

Goddess

Do you feel the Goddess when you’re making love
The gentle grace that flows from above?


Do you smell the Goddess in an early rain
The transforming salve for your earnest pain?


Do you see the Goddess in the autumn moon
Her presence strong, and then gone too soon?


Do you taste the Goddess, in loves’ first kiss
Is she the one you’re afraid you’ll miss?


Do you know the Goddess and accept her all
Or within her Love do you fear the fall?


She’s adoring mother for whom you yearn
And ferocious murderess pale and stern


She reveals your soul with one shared breath
Then steadily pushes you toward death


If you trust the Goddess she is here with you
And gently guides what you say and do


If you glimpse the Goddess in the darkest night
You begin to have a God's sacred sight

Love Once Given

Love once given, never taken away
This rhapsody is the song of everything


Peace when allowed, always manifests peace
Impossible to return to hell


Dreams with passion
Will BE


Unless you love your doubt more

Trip to DC to Inaugurate Hope! 1-18-09

My younger sister, Megan, and her family are moving to the Bay Area next month.  We made this plan originally thinking I could help her and her husband, Ryan, bring the three little ones London 7, Canela-Jayne 3, and Zavier 1 back here on the plane, but the house hasn’t sold yet, so it will just be Ryan and I coming back next week, his new job starts February 1st.   Of course I had an ulterior motive too, knowing that where they live in Arlington, is just 3 miles from the site of our historic inauguration happening in just two days!

 

Arriving at Dulles Airport in DC on Thursday, we had an inexplicable one-hour wait for our luggage.   There was an older African American man from Oakland waiting near me.  He said it had been 15 years since he took a vacation away from the Bay Area, and for this trip he had to borrow money from family members. 

 

“I am not sure why”, he said, “but I just have to see this for myself.  I still believe this is a miracle.  This man is a sort of savior.”   He paused.   “He is saving us from the small beliefs we have had about ourselves.”

 

People are pouring into our capital from all over the country.  They say 3 million will go to the mall to watch the inauguration on Tuesday.  Some lucky few have tickets to sit close to the US Capitol steps where the President-elect Obama will be sworn in and make his address.   Others will go for the parade, and still others will just crowd around one of the 20 jumbotrons (football game type huge screens) set up all around the mall.

 

Normally I would go in for the whole event.   An hour twenty minutes walk in.  Three hours standing, and probably walk the whole way back since the prospects of getting on a bus or train are daunting at best.  But the temperature on Tuesday may not rise above freezing until late afternoon, and since I’m still recovering from Whooping Cough I am considering what I can reasonably do that day.

London sat with me at the breakfast table this morning, and as we discussed what I might do that day she said she would really like to go with me.  Ah!  A plan is starting to take   shape.  These crippled lungs and a six year old are probably on par for what we can handle.   We talk for a minute about the historic nature of this moment.  And how she will speak of it when she is older.  She just smiles at me and says “Yes and I could really use some fresh air!”

Silence

Out of the silence

came the lips and hands of angels

Into my life

A swirling dancing explosion of

Love

And now you say I should be quiet again

Even though my heart spills with Joy!

Are there no words to describe where I have been?

I smile, because I know what you mean

And walk away

Singing as loudly as I can!

The Fall

High on the brightest Light

Freedom from my past

Moving into space

If only this would last

What in the human mind

Moves us toward the pain?

Why is its grip so tight

Will it always be the same?

Have I been in darkness

So long it seems like home?

Can I leave it behind

Go back where true Self shone?

Sitting here in silence

Those questions simply fade

My clear voice is restored

Back where the Gods are made

And then as Light returns

And once again mind doubts

Truth is quite apparent

What the struggle is about

As long as I AM LIGHT

Darkness too we’ll find

The reason for the world

The dualistic mind

Reflections perfectly match

In this playground of our Father

And all the good and bad

Dancing shadows on the water

Sister

Can you imagine a time

When She ruled the earth?

They tell us it was heaven

When woman gave us birth

Can you imagine when man

Honored Mother as his own

Treated her with reverence

In the sacred place of Home

Can you imagine when She

Standing in her place of power

Guided her daughter

Blossoming as God’s flower

Can you imagine this now

Dear Goddess of my soul?

Has man’s ground of competition

Left you barren and cold

Can you imagine Me as Goddess

Is your heart inside still true?

We will only find salvation

If you can Love Her too

Follow Me

Follow me to the place

Where Love rules the earth

It’s a secret mystic garden

Where miracles give birth

Let the waves of my body

Transform your heavy heart

And release the ancient passion

That makes living here an art

Don’t look back into darkness

You can’t save the ones behind

Only Goddess will release them

Love won’t emanate from Mind

If you stand in the magic

And with courage let YOU go

Open up to the goodness

Pouring forth from Flow

Evermore just your smile

Or the presence of your nod

Will liberate the millions

And return this place to God

Bless This Night

Bless this time of silence

The space to hear the call

The voice that leads to heaven

And manifesting ALL

Bless this heart that’s broken

The vessel for life’s worth

Opened to the essence

Of Love as well as hurt

Bless this night of darkness

The nurturer of things

The deepest cold of winter

Holds the seeds of spring