Autumn

Red leaves falling
and swishing up
swirling
behind the yellow school bus

Zen Autum Bliss........... dang




The Song

We all sing our songs
and live the melodies

some sing songs
of evolution revolution

Evolving Consciousness
Spirit and Knowledge

and group with other singers
making music of Love and Understanding
and Enjoyment and Peace

and the music goes swirling
grasping, lifting
bringing colored dreams
and vibrating special healing
and souls blend
and move with the rhythm

and sway with the music
and dance with the ancient
beat of "Being"

Listen ~ can you hear the drum?






Flashback

Remembering fondly,
wistfully sighing,
cherishing memories
of days gone by


days of Open Land and freedom
days of Open Minds entwined
days of Tribal Consciousness
and recognizing our own kind


days of sun and moon and starlight
outlined by the pines
of Love and Peace and Light
flowing from our minds




We'd all been shaken by the revolution
but we knew that we could heal
by living lives more closely
to the simple and the real


and getting down to basics
and living with the land
and searching for the truth
and trying to understand


what this crazy world was missing
with it's machines and rules and noise
and seeing a different reality
than winning "if you die with the most toys"


and we found the answers in the sunrise
the sunset and the day
and in the very stars at night
and the seasons' gentle sway


and we found the truth that we'd been seeking
we'd already known ever since our birth
to live life fully live it simply
and always cherish Mother Earth





June Rain

June rain ~ mist rolls through the morning window
where yesterday this time , we turned on the fans ~
and blessed the magic of electricity as their rotations moved and
cooled
the summer air ~
today we scramble for pieces of dry wood enough to get the wood stove
crackling and popping it's comfy warmth

where yesterday we opened windows for cross breeze and watered houseplants
in the glistening sun
today we shut curtains to hold the warmth, and turn on lights
to illuminate the gray

how curious the changes of nature
where yesterday we lived a communal consciousness
and shared our days on open land

today we tend our separate gardens
and live our communal consciousness
on global cyber threads

how curious the changes of nature
and how curious that yesterday and today
become one
to form the dreams of tomorrow

~*



Summer Changes

Summer is thrumming and humming here in the heat today
with white golden waves and heavy air

cicadas buzz steadily in the trees ~ their voices louder as it gets hotter
and little brown birds hop about flipping and splashing in the tiny mud hole

Days like this are meant for wiggling toes in the brown dust
while chewing lazily on blades of straw and counting blessings







Same day ~ late afternoon
The sky has clouded ~ the air is cool and light
the rumble tumble of thunder
is heard rolling in over the Sierras

My My the mighty wheel of change
rolling through our lives
churning the Earth and Sky
keeping it all flowing ~ never a dull moment

Evenings like this are meant for gazing at the blue misted ridges
while sipping some tea and counting blessings





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