sacred moon

by Shannondoah

sacred moon, 

sacred heart

eclipse of, 

my love

lights up, 

my soul

where ever you

are

it’s where ever

i’ll go

eternal understanding

love will bring

us together

how did we

ever get

this far apart

full moon

awakens

and 

remembers

all that we’ve

forgotten

so many lifetimes

feels like

we’re just 

swimming the seas

of mystery

however i do

know, i’ll be

wherever you go

heart to heart

we’re never apart

silence

by Rumi

Persia (Afghanistan)

Listen, if you can stand to.

Union with the Friend means not being who you’ve been,

being instead silence: A place: A view

where language is inside seeing.

finding

by Shannondoah

in the searching

there is the 

losing

in the finding

there is the

gaining

the loss of

you

gifted me

with the

finding

of myself

empire

by Mary Oliver

'Of The Empire'

We will be known as a culture that feared death

and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity

for the few and cared little for the penury of the

many. We will be known as a culture that taught

and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke

little if at all about the quality of life for

people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All

the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a 

commodity. And they will say that this structure 

was held together politically, which it was, and

they will say also that our politics was no more

than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of

the heart, and that the heart, in those days,

was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

dove

by Shannondoah

there is a quiet

swell

rolling inside me

like the

waves set

upon the sea

each break

like a

deep breath in

and

each crash 

like the 

great exhale

o wild mountain

calling my heart

singing

in the winds

here 

the rain falls

nurturing 

the 

lands

and cleanses

my soul

how could i 

roam

so far 

from 

home

like a dove

i will return

le temp reviens

silence

by Paramahansa Yogananda

Metaphysical Meditations

‘On Humility and Pride’

I will conquer pride by humility, wrath

by love, excitement by calmness, selfishness

by unselfishness, evil by good, ignorance by 

knowledge, and restlessness by the ineffable 

peace acquired in the stillness of inner silence.

full moon

by Shannondoah

the fullness

   of the moon

gifts us

   the important

choice

   to become empty

the fullness

   of the moon

allows us

   if we choose

to spill

   our cups

in celebration

   of the unknown epic-ness

that will fill

   us again

the fullness

   of the moon

frees us

   clean and

clear, and while

   letting go

we open

   all our hearts

windows,

   and all our hearts

doors

   

the fullness 

   of the moon

invites us

   to breathe in

the infinite galaxy

   of all our

potential skies