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“Into the mystic…”

31 Friday Jan 2014

Posted by feralpoet in dread, freedom, poems, poetry, Uncategorized

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What is it to be alone?
To create music with words?
To dance without movement?
To see with eyes closed?
Then comes the dread again,
the belly-sickening rawness,
far beyond the tears that fall
in morning tea,
the core untethering from the illusions
of embodiment.
Gripping.
And I know well,
while it brings me to my knees,
It’s nothing,
clearing the way
to everything…
Boundlessness

the solitude of wonder

31 Friday Jan 2014

Posted by feralpoet in About, Uncategorized, wonder

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As I dive, blind, into this new project, I laugh at the perfect imperfection of creating it. Not knowing the language of computers, grateful for the fairly intuitive design of the site, confused (still) about proper effective comma usage, I sit with wine and music with the larger thought- how to convey the solitude of wonder, the continental uplift of my small world. A rugged new mountain range forms as the familiar landscape violently deconstructs. I savor the question of what I aim to do here, why I’ve taken this on, especially now, and what I might offer those sharing the story with me. I may continue to savor that a long while, allowing the natural definition of being rooted in grace to lend its form to me. Forced words are caged butterflies. I prefer to invite the unknown to speak through me. Together, we shall learn and create something beautiful.

The creation of this space~

30 Thursday Jan 2014

Posted by feralpoet in About, abundance, becoming, courage, devotion, Expanse, gratitude, honoring, Infinite, listen, Love, movement, mystery, poems, poetry, wonder

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In gratitude…

discomfort’s magic

30 Thursday Jan 2014

Posted by feralpoet in discomfort, Uncategorized

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I met a man this afternoon, his face young, his beard salted with age. He spoke of deciding at 50 to stop being comfortable. The vitality of that decision carried him, light and playful, through the space he inhabited. Appreciation for his choice rose to my lips, while his partner, silent and present, listened beside him.

Embracing discomfort as our growing edge takes us into new terrain and throws us into lively new elements, gives life the chance to grab us fully, as it longs to do. Dropping the pretense of safety and correctness shakes us down to what’s real. And real sure ain’t what dominant culture and accepted methods define them to be. Life’s way too creative for that. Invite the mystery…

The beginning…

29 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by feralpoet in quotations, Uncategorized

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“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us.
Even while the earth sleeps we travel.
We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given to the wind and are scattered.”
The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran

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