Shifts and Waves

The universe shifts
Tipping the world upside down
Spiraling in circles
On a race track
The finish line no where to be seen
Spinning round and round and
round

The fear you run from
that rocks your boat
is the sensation that draws you closer
a law of attraction

The demons haunt your waking life
Knocking at the door and you build walls
The horrors can not withstand the light of day and
materialize in your dreams
On stage
being seen from all directions
Frozen like water over a lake
Numbing the body
Freezing the mind
Holding on so tight
Afraid to look-receive-accept-acknowledge

The little girl leaves her castle
the mountain top
Wandering into the woods
Turning to and looking away
There is freedom in the forest
Silence in the trees
Listen
These different selves
with different voices
Why do they cloud the path ahead
governing our minds-our words-our destiny?

Can I sit with her
Stay a little longer
In the space between
Can I dance with her
Tea-coffee-bourbon
Pick your poison
Yes…no…maybe
In the middle
Stuck in the middle
Coming closer
Running farther away
Can I watch from the sidelines
Like a spectator
Who-what-where-when-why
Moving energy like a chess game
The animal inside weaves like a snake trying to break free and shed
a protected self
Allowing the paint to create the picture of
Truth

Tears fall like apples from the tree
Every bite
attempting to shift into neutral
tearing down walls
which walls
trying to see
yet still I am blind
Lost in the clouds
Smothered to ash
Does it always have to be so hard
Diving into the muscle
Swimming to the source
Staying…going
Running…stillness
Releasing from the inside…out
Does it always have to be so painful
Two steps back
A birds eye view
To see more clearly
Your imperfections become beauty to those around

And again the world turns
How far can you see inside
So much to say
I don’t know what to say
The language is lost
The words are no where to be found
Which direction to turn-
so many paths to get There
and Where are we going
Somewhere-anywhere
A bottomless breath
Fill the body
Clear the lungs
Connecting to the source
Wading in the water…