Forgotten

I found the place where the river falls

It drops into a pool of clear water

As it falls the mist that forms

Create the most beautiful rainbows

The path I took to find it

Cut through my shoes

Until my feet touched the earth again

I had forgotten

I began with borrowed clothes

That never seemed to fit right

I removed each piece one by one

Until I felt the wind on my skin, I had forgotten

As I walked along the rivers edge

The path gave way and I plunged into the water

I sank until my feet hit the bottom

The water was cool and awakening, I had forgotten

Now I stand at the rock edge and

Feel the heat of the sun warmed stone beneath my feet

My name no longer matters

I am here to see what I had forgotten

Raven

Unloved by Rumi

Have you seen the kind

Who settle for less?

Who creep into corners

Just big enough for one?

They are unopened letters

Whose message is this:

Live! Live! Live!

Another quote

"If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies"  - Author unknown

Friends

Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support!

Kalu Rinpoche quote

"We live in illusion and the appearance of things.  There is a reality.  We are that reality.  When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything.  That is all."

Waiting

I turned and saw the hands shift across the face of the clock

Words held in the soul were set free

They spilled out into the light

My silence was broken... Everything changed

My hand rose and covered my mouth

I was left wondering who's voice had spoken

It was my truth... My jail, my tomb, my sins

That saw the lies of my life, the illusion of my identity

My heart stopped in that moment

And when the beat revived, the rhythm was not the same

Tangled in the thread that was unraveling my life

I was slammed to the cold floor of...  "What have I done"

I was left standing...  Alone

Unable to return to the discomfort of my dying soul

I looked into the night and saw the stars

I began to breathe again

I had lost everything of what I thought I was

My jail, my tomb, my sins

I saw a void in all directions...  Waiting

There, I heard my soul

Raven

Quote by Groucho Marx

"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself:  I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.  I can choose which it shall be, yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived.  I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."