Consolations 22

Exuberance
gushes
in a waterfall
of tranquil
zest.

Greeting

Hello crocus
            what wisdom
                      would you care
                                      to share

on this
          gorgeous
                     life-affirming
                                        day

where earth
           sings gladly
                      of all that is
                                      and is to come?

What lessons
            can you give
                      in how to be
                                      and how to live?

“Dear pilgrim
              be patient and fearless
                        like the sturdy oak
                                       let things go

and you will see
               in the fields of time
                        a richness unfolding
                                       with joyful ease.

Nothing you do
                is ever wasted
                        if you pay heed
                                       to the great mysteries

of light and love
                 woven together
                        in a sprightly dance.”
                                       Such wisdom

cannot be denied
                 flowing freely
                        in the body
                                       river of glee.   

Flower

Loss
is inevitable
in life
but love
is the lifeboat
that will keep
the body
afloat.

Flower

Listen to the flowers
watch how they flare
touch their silkiness
taste the scent of wonder.
Leap into loving
with unabashed
exultation. Dance.

Love Letters

To sit in a garden and realise the intrinsic delight of this timeless truth – from earth we come and to earth we shall return – is perhaps the most loving slice of wisdom we can learn, along the road to leading a graceful and flourishing life.

Haiku

Blossom on the bough
nowness is your magic
savour this world