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ZenOfferings Jan 2019
What do you do with
Thoughts that won’t leave about loves
That already have
I welcome them with the innocent love of the day I met you.
I let them pass with the wise love that hugged you farewell.
The eternal love?
No, for still I cling to this cycle.
ZenOfferings Jan 2019
Did it to myself
But I did it to you too
Glad you like "new you"
My energy attracts you.  My love let's you fly.  But then you don't need me.  I cry at the divine.
ZenOfferings Dec 2018
This morning I woke
And was excited to see
Squirrels under a tree
Just another mundane winter's day to most -- which only contributes to the miracle.
ZenOfferings Dec 2018
Nothing requires
A fall leaf to pass through it
To become the sky
Mind the slow patterns; they carry the ancestral knowledge.  How close must you get before the sky reveals itself?
ZenOfferings Dec 2018
You frame the picture
But the picture is a frame
What have you captured?
A box for a box for that which cannot be named.  What a wondrous affair..
ZenOfferings Dec 2018
Keystrokes in dim light
The moon is a winter’s cold
And I feel frozen
The pale blue atmosphere is gentle and kind, but somber and reserved.  This, too, shall pass.
ZenOfferings Dec 2018
Cast in my shadow
Walk toward the fleeting light that
Sparkles in my eye
In times of shadow, know that the background creates the fore-
And they are both right here
ZenOfferings Dec 2018
Volumes on silence…
You could fill a library;
Then what has been said?
ZenOfferings Dec 2018
Everybody knows
But we all feign a defect
And that is our role
ZenOfferings Dec 2018
Persuasive noises —
But when you offered your ears
Then I was convinced
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