After

After the sordid purple ache fades
which lies mean within the shadow
of my dream, the day grows hot
and the wind blows cool whispers
through the cracks in the forest's
crooked trees.

Two boys chant in stormy mists
above seismic seas and outstretched
valleys. The tiny language of all below
means little above ribbons of blue, red,
and pink...torched across the Spring sky.

The still, rust colored sun
starts to set and shine one
last time on green leaves, and
the buds of new flowers beginning
to form.

I throw back my head, tearing off my
sunglasses and hat to worship
the light still seen from the
disappearing sun.

I now see there's something much
bigger than me. I am free.

-GB

This week

This week...it felt neverending!

I'm glad it's the weekend, but now I have to really take in some things.

In the week, I was busy with work and even though I understood that there were fires raging through this county that I grew up in primarily...I could help the students I work with, and watch the news later in the eve...and it does hurt my heart to see...

Families having to grab all their belongings and go...I know how this feels. It happened to me once upon a time too. And if it happened again, I would do what I needed to do to move through the heartache and pain, but I hope it doesn't...not because I can't handle it...but just because it was something that I can't foresee happening twice. But whatever my life plan is...it'll be revealed and I will face what I'm supposed to experience...the most highest way of being would be...in joy. I spoke with someone this week who had such a great attitude about almost losing this thing we get attached to...called a house or home. And I thought...if I can be like that when challenges strike me...I will be on the top of a mountain meditating and changing the world...one breath at a time. :)

On the eve of my birthday

...I wish for peace, I wish for love, I wish for compassion in my own heart and in every living person's heart across the globe. I wish for forgiveness...from anyone that I've unintentionally hurt. I ask for freedom from my own sadness, fear, anger, hopelessness and helplessness. I ask for the healing of this wide expanse of earth and all who have felt harmed or mistreated...including animals, the trees, the sea.

I have this love affair with birthdays it seems...mostly because I feel that the day you were born was a gift...and all we can do is be a gift every day...as much as possible. This is our plight and this is our joy. We all have something to give and we all deserve so much in return....this recycling...is the way and it makes the world go round.

I heart Cat Stevens

When I was little, there was this singer named, Cat Stevens. Now, his name is Yusuf.
http://www.yusufislam.com/

I'm impressed by all this man has done. When he was living in the world as Cat Stevens, I didn't know much about him...except my family liked his music. And we named a kitten that we had: Cat Stevens. I saw a concert of his on tv a year or so ago and even back then, he was someone reaching toward enlightenment: "I never wanted to be a star".

He had such wisdom in his lyrics. He's the only singer I know who made a shift and has only gotten better...in his wanting to make a difference...some singers get worse: hence the excess of sex, drugs, rock and roll.

Cat Stevens/Yusuf is my hero.

coachella

When I have a daughter, she may be named Coachella...
no, not cinderella or mademoisella...

This gal with not be dainty or be incomplete without a man by her side. They will complete each other but in a truly free, unconditionally loving way...

She will be precious
and everyone will know it.

She will be truthful, considerate, yet not lacking in wit.
She will be unarguably hilarious in some of the steps she takes to finding herself.

Coachella is a concert in the desert, it's not something where u go to get a facial.
Coachella is full of great music...from the heart, not songs that lack feeling.

This girl will know no boundaries in showering her love upon humanity.
She will not be frightened to dive into some adventure...such as hiking, parachuting, running with a young man to the edge of a cliff and jumping into watery depths below...

Coachella will make you laugh and feel your soul again.
She will find ways to make a difference...even when life gets hard.
She will not be sitting much...and even when meditating...scenes and images will swirl around her and help her live her dreams.

Coachella will be my daughter and yours. Her radiant smile, and stylish hair. Her soul searching eyes...are everything I am and still need to become.

Be here now!

Walking...

In angst..? Why...when there's so much to live for today...

So I'm walking by the beach and the wind is churning and it's just a beautiful night! And I'm thinking of all the tasks to complete, things to worry about...

I'm walking and I see two chairs...on the back of one chair, in big letters I read: "Be Here Now". On the other chair, it reads: "Relax".

Ok. I get the message :)