Gratitude stone #5

remembering Rohatsu/buddha's awakening/Morning Star;

when filing, answering the phone, driving the car, walking Lucy,

all is practice and all is opportunity for awakening

again and again

over and over.

Gratitude Stone#4

a most elegant setting sun

amidst raging winds

bringing winter weather.

gratitude stone #3

He purrs

He cackles

He stares me down

He's not foolin'

#2 A Zinc Tongue

the deep red cellophane entices opening
the label claims "lozenge may shorten duration of cold".
the lozenge dissolves/the tongue becomes dry and turns into a flapping piece of metal where once taste buds lived.

Stones of Gratitude

#1
Oh, sweet rejection, how you encourage me to keep moving forward.

Mindful Writing Day

waking up to rememberance of jealousy, pangs of embarrassment.
wanting to forgive, the solar plexus recoils and churns.
and then, Handel’s Messiah rings out Halleluja reigning down as salve.
the poison is the medicine.

#smallstone

A Few Stones Along the Riverbed

Information lies dormant inside this heart.
Reading her words evokes possibility awakening me from inertia.

heart pounds when the mind is unsure;
one word, one gesture, one thought
turns pound to soft.

wind kisses my cheek
this is god.