Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Offensive Offending Offended
What else could I possibly be
Lost in the chaos of my day
And all my negativity

Wake up - Slow down - Get a grip
Relax my grip upon my day
Release is an option of overload
Let it go another way

It doesn't have to go my way
It's old behavior tired and fraught
After looking all these years
I've learned a brand new ought

I ought to pray for guidance
And listen to what comes
I ought to cultivate a state
Of twiddling my thumbs

Rushing around doesn't do it
It's an old pattern - Let it go
Let my day define itself
Around the goal I know

PFK
12/05

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

It's hard to build new bridges
Some I don't even want to cross
But I have spent a lifetime
Learning about loss

I cross the bridge to get to where
I ultimately need to be
But time and motivation
Work on me confusingly

How I feel and what I want
Don't usually coincide
But hopefully things are better
On the other side

This place is old behavior
I just need to walk away
Do something better and different
And let new habits hold me sway

PFK
9/05

Thursday, April 8, 2010

I try to see the world the way
It makes much better sense
Honoring the connectedness
That fits each circumstance

We come together for a time
To refine love in the world
The people we attract
Reflect the energy we serve

All that happens is a lesson
I figure out then try to use
Some happiness to have
Before my time here I lose

My hardest lesson reframed my heart
And let my soul light shine
It showed me all that I could be
Within my given time

PFK
9/05


Tuesday, April 6, 2010

May love enter in and gently touch
Each aspect of my life
That causes me to feel
I haven't got it right

The problems that I wrestle with
Which trigger insecurity
May I keep my cool and not give up
In spite of the iniquity

That I perceive each problem has
I know I may have got it wrong
Until I can better figure it out
I'll try and sing a happy song

To keep my flagging spirits up
And occupy my obsessing mind
Which puts me in a lathered state
If left unchecked - I'll try to find

The patience that gentle love provides
It's not a place I easily go
But I am finding practice
Is helping me - And so

I will wait and take good care
That love is welcomed here
So it's not undone what love can do
And peace is safe to appear

For love and peace are so entwined
There's room inside my heart
For happiness and joy as well
If I can master love's art

PFK
11/05


Saturday, April 3, 2010

I know about waiting

I have waited for faith
While searching for humility
I have waited for death several times
And life as well with tender bitter longing

I know waiting is the work of life
Children are not exempt
But more than anyone
They wish they were

I have preferred to wait
Rather than work
Before I knew better

I have waited for love
But someone else's tyranny
Was worse than mine own
Yet oddly familiar

Now I don't mind waiting
When I wait I know for what I wait

If I wait now
It's for traffic lights and grocery lines
And for enough information
Before timely moving ahead
With my heart shaped struggle

Paradoxically for me
Spontaneity
Opportunistically sparks
The fires of patience
When my wind whipped soul
Needs the warmth and
Shelter of waiting

PFK
3/01


An earth angel said Hello today
When I really needed it
My mood can dip so quickly
I'm lost if I've not heeded it

Confused and overwhelmed
Can so creep up on me
And catch me unawares
If I don't take time to see

Where my emotional day is heading
Based on just what I've gone through
I should know me well enough
To know what I need to do

To get my ballast back again
So I can sail on though my day
Or maybe just to sit at port
Will today be just okay

And whatever storm I have to face
Will blow through then let me be
But angels keep me on my course
I see this gratefully

PFK
12/04
The moon is my redeemer
She sees but doesn't tell
The moon is my soul tamer
She knows me oh so well

We all need a loving witness
Her acceptance casts a spell
I am past my last crossroads
Oh the stories I could tell

PFK
9/07


Today is a perfect Friday
The horizon seems pristine
In the morning - At a distance
Before details intervene

PFK
9/07


I'm letting go my illusions
Cast adrift on my life's tide
Releasing what I thought I knew
I vow to love the entire ride

Love doesn't always imply enjoyment
Oh the work of love and the follow through
Love isn't simply what I have
Love is ultimately what I do

It's what I do about what bothers me
The support the succor the chance
I see and take - that's with compassion filled
Which calms me in spite of the circumstance

PFK
10/07