Chapter 7

Beauty

Magic Man

Take me to the magic man
Let me see his smiling face
The one that lives forever
And fills this mighty place

Take me to the majesty
Of a brilliant rainbow of light
Let’s laugh and play together
Filled in its wondrous sight

Take me to the wizard
Let’s live in the magic of now
The tickets are in my hand
Observe; I’ll show you how

Take me to the magic man
Let’s dance to his mystical song
Shimmy and sway all night
Believe this can’t be wrong

Come and take my hand
Let’s swim in the streams of great bliss
Join with me in this magical world
Beginning with a wonderful kiss

Stained Glass

Vibrant, voluptuous, such brilliance
in their hues

The artisans spending decades
improving the views

From the harsh wooden benches
brown, impersonal pews

Life shines through the windows
all revealing new

Colored by perspective
they walk each fateful day

Longing for each raindrop
tasted along the way

Finding what is sought
destiny's promised pay

Hues of beauty refracted
wondrous shining rays

Affirmation

I am created to be loved
I am intended to be me
I am blessed to be here
I am graced to be free

I am alive in beauty
I am flowing with joy
I am born in perfection
I am sibling to all

I am born of Divinity
In this moment rising now
Accompanied in Love
By angels from above

Flourishing

Ambient sounds
Of a life lived in small moments
Alive today
      In contentment

Random sights
Of a walker on the path
Enjoying today
      Flourishing

Pleasing perceptions
Creating wondrous mysteries to experience
Flying again
      Riding the rising winds’ tides

Windows

Your profile
Great beauty
In your motions
In your hands
As the sun shines
Through your expansive windows
I see into the window of your soul
I am moved
By your great beauty

One Poem

your words sing in my deepest soul
in oneness, the words of one poem flow
all that is imagined and real
are in your words, your song, your holy dance

passion burns away the fears
leaves the pure and rising truths
standing naked in a forest destroyed
all that is left - you, me, and the poem

Inspiration’s Gift

In just an instant
All that we thought we knew
Changed
With a single heartbeat
Shared in that instant
Following a gaze
Into the depths of infinity
Into the chasms of love

Unspeakable gift
We’d sought and prayed for
For what seemed an eternity
Hope had ebbed and flowed
Glowed and grown dim
But tonight
In a lasting gaze
In piece of paradise
In a wondrous space
The hope that dwindled
Leapt forth in gallant glory
In the instant
Our lips met
In the moment
Our hearts joined
In the brief encounter
Of the dawning bliss of renewal

A renewal of hope
A renewal of love
From an instant of passion
Inspiration’s dawning gift