Winter Reflections
May the barren darkness
be the bringer of dawn
beyond our imaginations.
Let the pain and isolation of winter
linger only briefly enough
to allow renewal
and a full bursting
into gentle spring seeds,
fertile
and pregnant with possibility.
Hold hope and eternal intention
when the firelight flickers
and the shadow-dancing
on the wall of your mind
reveals the contrast
leaving only
the true luminous being inside.
Allow a fresh naked view
through the opening portal
into a new dimension within
as it embraces
enlivens
envisions
the next year
coming out of the embers
and your deeply-felt relaxing breath
Ahhh… Ahhh… Ahhh…
Be Blessed
as you willingly surrender
all that you thought you knew
all that you wanted to hold on to
all that mimics authenticity
all the pretenses and precepts
dressed like fringe characters
all the goblins and ghouls
watching from behind
below and beneath
all the hungry ghosts
that live in the forests of our minds.
Let them go…
Let them go…
Let them go…
all of these spirits, schisms and splinters
that stand in our way
on our journey
to freedom.
They diminish. They dissolve. They disappear.
Pleasant warm wintry sleeping
is bringing comfort
and reminding us
of who we really are,
giving us permission to
be beautifully Blessed,
Well-rested
and Happily
our wild natural selves
in cooperation
and entangled
like nature herself
a mycorrhizal mosaic
symbiotic and sustainable
singular but in unison
always working together
as One.
Jaiaen 12/21/17