by Lesley | Apr 1, 2015 | Beloved, courage, Forgiveness, Relationships, Soul, Sound |
On a moonless night it seems they harm me that mate sister brother mother father friend neighbor stranger. With a look a word a finger a fist— slayed. But the Beloved reveals no thing no one can. Soul in its glory is impervious as the sky. ...
by Lesley | Jan 14, 2015 | Beloved, courage, Creativity, Devotion |
On an icy winter day I step out of the bank and stop fast. There in front of me shuffles my mother. I see her glossy, silver hair, red wool coat and body hunched over a walker. My heart thuds in my chest. It’s an apparition, a ghost! My mother passed away more than a...
by Lesley | May 20, 2014 | consciousness, courage, Devotion, karma, passage, reincarnation, Sound |
Please enjoy this poem and image by Ariana Harley Naked on the Throne I have worn the costume of politician beggar housewife doctor of killer soldier cook and thief. You have known me as mother lover child stranger. But I don’t want to play Halloween any longer....
by Lesley | Mar 19, 2014 | Devotion, eternity, love, Surrender |
I will always want you The Beloved says to me. I think back to my mother who didn’t When I was born The lovers who did But then left or I left them The employers who did But paid little and pushed hard And then disappeared The friends who I no longer see The wine that...
by Lesley | Dec 18, 2013 | bliss, child, Devotion, eternity, materialsim, Soul |
I pull the little hand-carved Christ figurine from the box and place it in the manger. Next I find Mary and Joseph and set them on either side of the child’s tiny crib. As I do this my heart both tugs downward and rises upward. It’s an odd bitter sweetness on this...
