Friday, July 22, 2022

i remember you teaching

 i remember you teaching

on those hot summer days

how i longed to see you

ask you a thousand questions

you were only 1 door away

and you would have been

happy for my visit i am sure

but i acted like i wasn't allowed


there were many of us

vain imaginative excited

and a bit overdramatic

but always welcomed

now mellowing with time

missing you just the same


and i aim to fix what does 

not need to be fixed by praying

devotedly and attempting 


to spread what you were really teaching

and what was ever in your heart 


then you remind me again

everything is resolved in its own place

from the beginningless beginning

from the view


love unconditionally 

this endless beauty

and be aware of now


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July 22 

Minneapolis, MN

For Lama Tharchin Rinpoche

off you go on this day

away you go on this day

like off a spingboard or

on a rocket


or i am off the 

board and flying 

on the rocket


ultimately we don't

come or go so much

as it seems



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LTR

Friday, July 08, 2022

you want to almost / hold your breath

perfectly balanced air
you can imagine it stacked up 
to the stratosphere
as the rabbits sit and squirrels run

this evening is vivid
the color of gold 
while green is striving 
growing blooming 

you want to almost 
hold your breath 
to prolong the summer

memorize the flash of lightening
and thunder that rolls out
over a steel colored lake

put the haunting night
into your heart with a million
zigging fire-flies


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