Passing Beyond (+4)

I’m going to watch you die…

but before I do

I will foretell your story

The story of the White Bird

The Great Mystery

and the Silver Seed

The White Bird carries

in its talons

the Silver Seed of all mankind

A seed that will allow you

to move past what you have been afraid

of for so long

When the White Bird

passes overhead

it will drop the Silver Seed

You must be dead

before the seed

touches the ground

Then, the White bird

will turn into

the legendary Hawk of Thunder

And carry you off

into the land

of the great Wakan Tanka

The decision to leave

being yours

and yours alone

Passing beyond

what time has frozen

—passing beyond what then has been

(Pine Ridge South Dakota: August, 2011)

Forever Calls

A gathering of Angels,

a welcoming hymn

Escape and deliverance

—call from within

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)

Living The Dream

Ordinary moments

for ordinary people,

living inside the dream

Like comfortable shoes,

a dog that won’t leave you,

treasures to esteem

Ordinary moments

for ordinary people,

the rest to scratch and claw

To get to a place

they’ll never find

—condemned to hem and haw

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)

Three Words

If you could lock up three words

to keep forever,

that were yours and yours alone

 What three would you choose

that were not ‘I Love You,’

your heart to save and own

Three magical words

to live within,

now yours forever more

Three magical words

to light the way

—and open every door

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)  

Glass Houses

Closeted belief…

 atheists disguise

Slings and arrows,

 boomerangs surprise

Empty of graces,

desperate to fill

Shot through the heart

—their spirits to kill

(Noon Mass: St. Thomas of Villanova Chapel, February, 2020)