Be Yourself

Your blazing colors
Who others find distasteful
Let them shine like gold

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The Book of Living and Dying

Am I dead among the living
Or am I alive among the dead
Either way I don’t fit in

The Stranger

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Flowering

Flower anyway
One day someone might notice
Just keep flowering

Loneliness

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Rusty

Rusty my soul aches
Like a tired arthritic back
Loving is my balm

Rusty

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Swooooossshhhh…

Pressure cookers swoosh
In a need to let off steam
Learning to let go

Letting Go

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Bloom

Desire, letting go
Finally awakening
The lotus opens

Bloom

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Expressions

Looking deep within
Our Ineffable feelings
Embrace who we are

Expressions

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Bodhicitta

Butterflies and Kites
Open to inter-being
You teach me to fly

Bodhicitta

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Treading Gently

When you walk this earth
Leave an impression gently
Love heals with each step

Tread Gently

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Blushing Beaver

I kissed you tonight,
The full moon blushed,
Pink as cherry blossom.
The sea swelled,
But the tide lamented.
Ebb and flow,
Give and take.
You look radiant tonight my love.

Beaver Moon

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Adrift on the Wine-Dark Sea

relationship

Be Yourself

The Book of Living and Dying

Flowering

Rusty

Swooooossshhhh…

Bloom

Expressions

Bodhicitta

Treading Gently

Blushing Beaver