Swimming (278/365)

What's inside that big black afro?
A throaty laugh I could curl up into.
I watch you and I see sparks of what's real,
Cause lately I'm having trouble relating.
This little light of mine,
What's it got to do with them?

Actions (277/365)

It's complicated right now
Being squeezed by a cloud I can't see
While I am trying to expand
Am I moving too fast, or too slow for red rover?
Caffeine is toxic, my belly a fist
I'm really not stressed
But my list's getting longer
There are questions unanswered
Projects unfinished
And I don't want to rest

Another Good Bumpersticker

LOVE
not Liposuction

City Life (276/365)

Kundalini at the grocery store
Apologize no more
This is San Francisco after all
Sit back, enjoy the show
Never a dull moment here
The shops down Mission Street
Rich with stories of their owners
People I will never meet
So many footsteps crossing paths
Invisible on sidewalks wide
So many beings coexisting
Breathing heavy air seaside

No More Books (275/365)

What would you want to know if you could ask?
I couldn't think of anything
The lust for success is a reaction to fear
Equanimity
The only rational response
A forbidden fruit
It would taste so heavenly
But I'd be too cool for school

Doors (274/365)

So many possibilities
Analysis paralysis
The best I can do
Is walk through doors when they are open
Look for doors when I see walls
And point others to the doors
I can't walk through
I can only be at one place
At one time

I Am (273/365)

How can I always remember who I am?
I'm a song
I'm a crowd
I'm beauty
I'm love
I am justice
I am hope
I am you
I am the future
I am a feeling
I am creating
Letting courage conquer fears with every stride

Fix the World (272/365)

Teach them to fish
What helped you?
Why am I happy?
What should they know?
Finger on the pulse
Or out of touch
Orbiting too far
Or far too often
Worry breeds worry
Peace breeds peace
Stiff and stuffy
Or loose and useful

Leader (271/365)

Who is going to step forward when their name is called?
Who will get off their high horse to be the bigger person?
It takes courage to see the world through another pair of eyes
To tolerate the hurt in others
Give them space so they can heal
It takes work to reach outside yourself
And take the hand of one who's fallen
The reward is in the vulnerability
The prize is the trust you gain
Trust is the land on which love is built
And love feeds the community

Long Live (270/365)

How much information do the clouds need
To know where to rain?
Why must we compute, compute, compute
Mothers are an evolutionary adaptation then
Or we might die as often as the clouds

Cycles (269/365)

One more chance to say it better
But you've set me off and now I just want to tear you apart and build a better man
There are no more excuses
I must proclaim clearly what is expected
But I'm sick of explaining the obvious
I'm tired of your twisted hollow words
Stop fucking talking to me
Get down on your knees
Family is a burden but who wants to come home to an empty house?

Yuck (268/365)

Sometimes it's hard to believe that we are all trying to protect the same country
It's not easy
Leaving freedom and bliss
For incarnation as a naked creature
Always fearful for its own survival
Defending and attacking on shivering legs
Clinging to familiarity
Fending off attacks both real and imagined
Shrewdly positioning for social status and acceptance
It's not really about healthcare, is it.

Church Notes

Being listened to is so close to being loved, most people do not notice the difference

Educated: Being able to listen to anyone talk about anything without losing your temper or self confidence

Six ears: listening, true/heart meaning, hidden meaning, temper looking for deeper meanings, ear for silence

I have often regretted my speech, but never my silence

Talk when people are receptive-no pushy advice
Stop when you've already said it
Stop when you need time to think
Stop when you forget what you were arguing about
Stop when it becomes vicious
Delay is the deadliest form of denial - don' talk instead of act - terminal inaction

Itchy (267/365)

I slip into bed
Like my favorite pair of socks
The fluff hugging me in all the right places

Hoping my words today
Matched my intentions
I only get one lifetime to work with these gifts

Trigger happy

Out of Place (266/365)

An Indian flute song came from my showerhead
How out of place it seemed in the city!
The pace here feels artificial
Unlike the native in the forest meadow
Sitting in the sunshine, while a bird flaps its wings
Until I remember the volcano
Or the ocean
But the volcano is forced
And the ocean is pulled
I suppose
Not unlike the people
Rushing around the city

Unnecessary (265/365)

How many times
We grieve what was lost
When it was never really ours at all

Ironman (264/365)

In an ever-changing world
Let your heart be at peace
Like the molten core releases heat
Add slowly turns to iron

Inner Critic (263/365)

Try again tomorrow
You must be so patient
Your loudest critic is yourself
She loves to run her mouth

All That Is Left (262/365)

I just read a book
About the life I might have lived
Now all that is left
Is to be quiet

Bubblegum Fashion (261/365)

I went hunting today
And I killed it!
Adorned in bright happy colors
But none of them are local
Sustainable
Luxurious
All the stores are candied fronts
For the same factory
A bubblegum machine
For the salivating masses

Unitarian Notes

"What doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God.

"Oh Divine Master, grant that I not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love."

"Treat each other with curious affection, which evolves into respect, which evolves into love" As if one of you is the Messiah...

Change was seen as negative, stability was actually stagnation

Salvation is in our midst; what have we to fear?

A clear purpose allows us to forget what doesn't really matter.

Never confuse doing things right (efficiency) with doing the right things (effectiveness).

Being comfortable is less important than being relevant and being powerful.

Not Doing (260/365)

I took the day off today
The universe seemed okay with that
The sun smiled in approval
While I bathed in a bikini
Then walked to the hairdresser
My mind took a vacation
From the endless mindless gabbing
As I napped upon my book
My body groaned in painful pleasure
As I tended to its tension
Maybe healed in some small sense
Tomorrow's steps will feel much easier

Time (259/365)

I'm not your mother
You're not love
Then what are we in this for?
I'm getting more impatient every year
My saving grace is grace
My neurosis lurks and pounces
My burden grows
A monkey on my back
Chattery and good company
But he's weighing me down
I was born to play
So don't pencil me in

Imagine (258/365)

May the sun set on the wrongs of yesterday
May they scurry off to another corner of the planet while you sleep
And bite someone else's leg
May you know peace
And may all who live in the shadow of love
Step boldly into the light and drop the weapons of wicked words
Shed the armor of fear
And pick up shuttle
You can weave real, lasting peace into the fabric of your life
With every breath
Every thought
Every action
It all begins with you
Why waste another minute?

Touch (257/365)

I'm covered in patches
Invisible stitches
I need your hand
I just can't feel them
Light up my cells
Smooth out my wrinkles
Love reaches out
Touch me, I'm gold

Creators (256/365)

Misery & mistakes
Green little creatures
The power to collect and create
Is the most envied job in the universe

Stop or Go? (255/365)

It sounds like an arcade down there
Noise and games
Stop the train!
Or wave it through
It won't stop in my small town
But it comes by every day
With its steam or pollution or noise
Who is responsible?

Love of Life (254/365)

Life is worth living when love is in it
Love is balance, peace, and kindness
Loving makes me a tolerable creature
Love is warmth on a windy day
Love is a light heart
Free from mind's chains
Love is a gift more valued than gold
Love is your future
Love lets go
Loving is giving - all are deserving
Open the gates you locked long ago
Love is a highway
A two lane road
May your soul come to rest in love's quiet coves

Love & Games (253/365)

Oh baby, yeah, baby
Tell me what I want to hear
You're an itch
I have to scratch
Come on over here
'Cause the blood reveals the pain
Of the war against my womb
They say it's better off a tomb
Until I reach my thirties dear
But abstinence won't keep a man
For ten years while you plan
Marry young and make the babies
Or sleep around then tie one down
Just in time to buy the diapers
What's a modern girl to do?
Keep her sanity or chastity
Go to work and go to school
What are the rules in this new era?
Born in chaos either way
Good enough's not good enough
When there's time enough to play

Peacefully Falling (252/365)

A hundred autumn leaves
Gracefully dancing down across light currents
On a backlit tree
The sun sets on the person we
Grew out of today
Now, only laughter and fond memories

My Heart (251/365)

My heart is a purse
With gold latches
In a tall, square, blue velvet box
Open it
It's filled with confetti

Quote

"Don't let failure go to your heart, and don't let success go to your head." -Will Smith's grandmother

Nonsense (250/365)

He's strumming a guitar
Sitting at a desk
Piled high with papers
The marshmallow man
Walks through the chain-link fence
Skin patterned blue
Plaid and paisley stripes
Creeping up the arms
Like a sky infection
Twice
I got a long way to go
To get back to where I was
I'm in love with my bed
Tomorrow I rise

Innocent Burst (249/365)

Plump juicy strawberries
Ripe and sweet and wet
Bursting in the mouth
Then dying red and sumptuous

Anger's like a sneeze
We all should say "God bless you"
In ugly outbursts of all kinds
'Cause ugly is false and passing

The devil inside
Makes you lonely
We're all born to glow
In the innocence of love

But we can't always help it
In our weakness we will fail
Best to do no further harm
Get some exercise
Be alone

Gather support; do your calisthenics
To keep the demons
On the outskirts
You'll need vigilance and blessings

Haitian Proverb

"After the mountains, more mountains."

It's All Important (248/365)

The grass is as important as the cattle
And the cowboy and his dogs
And the horse
And the birds high in the trees
All glory asks
Is that we do what we are able
It's so hard to tame these minds
But your actions can be beauty if you move with pride and courage
And environmental nuance