this love

by Shannondoah

this love

i could fly

with

forever

like 

luminescent

fairy dust

moon songs

raising me

to

the highest 

heights

shattering

each and every

karmic glass ceiling

this love

shines the brightest

light

on the darkest

day

this love

parts every cloud

and clears

all the rain

this love

endures 

the 

toughest storm

and this love

radiates

pure joy

like a wild hummingbird

together

or apart

our love

this love

frees us

lifts us

brightens us

infinitely

enlightens us

flowersong

Hafiz

Persia (Iran)

How

did the rose

ever open its heart

and give to this world all of its beauty?

It felt the encouragement of light against its being,

otherwise we all remain too

frightened.

compass

by Shannondoah

moonrise

starshine

the longest ride

there is a 

compass

in our hearts

that can navigate

through the 

thickest fog

guide us

on the darkest

night

this everlasting

compass of ours

leads us

through the most

tangled forest

up and over

all the tallest

mountains

my center

our hearts

your center

our hearts

in this compass

i do

believe. 

reveal

Paramahansa Yogananda

Metaphysical Meditations

Reveal Thyself

Divine Beloved, make me know at once

and forever, that Thou hast always been

mine, ever mine. My error-dreams are past,

buried in the sepulcher of oblivion. I am

awake, basking in the sunlight of life in

Thee.

glory

by Shannondoah

as the ink

flows

from this

blue pen

all

i can do

is 

pray

and infuse

these words

with

the 

truth

that my heart

feels

and my spirit

knows

which tells

the

stories

before there

was time

and 

before we

became

separate

trusting in our

reunion

and

trusting that truly

the time returns

and this

time

we make it

and this

time

we

return to

each other

and

finally

love is

triumphant

in 

its holy

glory

drumsound

by RUMI

Persia (Afghanistan)

Drumsound rises on the air,

    its throb, my heart.

  A voice inside the beat

says, “I know you’re tired

but come. This is the way.”