Leaves from a Poet-tree
January 29, 2011
Last November (or thereabouts) I wrote some poetry that was not in my usual style – but something wanted to be written.
As I look at these gems again, I see that there is merit in what I wrote. And I hope that someone will feel touched by these leaves from a poet-tree, these stars in the Cosmic Sky that drifted down to Earth …
Greater Than One
Love is the movement of all hearts
and the quickness of all breaths,
to help remind you of the JOY
from lifting your inner eyes to unknown landscapes,
and hearing with unbidden senses what lies
in the Peace of your eternal vigilance.
And when you know this, your body burns
with the fire of passion that is unending,
even as your quest for journeying is eternal.
To share your life is to touch the essence of the substance
that you know is already you, is already us,
knowing that it is a thought that you share
for the sum of the parts is always One
though you will still endeavour to make it Greater Than ONE.
The Alchemy
You remember the nature of all things through the Alchemy.
The Alchemy of your knowing touch.
For when you remember how to touch, ever so lightly,
then the vibrations of the mixing and merging patterns
will murmur amongst themselves and speak to you,
that you can hear and be taught their language -
The Language of All Things -
that lies beneath the threshold
of what you call your life.
A Growing Desire
I have a Growing Desire, a need to be understood.
I would not tell everyone this, only I knew you would
get me completely, understand what I try to say,
when these faltering words that I utter
seem to go far astray.
I’m wondering what is the reason for the things I say and do,
for I care little about etiquette
and know you don’t too.
It’s trying to see the sense, and reason my life away,
that seems to cause patterns of chaos
and conflict every day.
What is this growing desire I ask
that makes me want to move
the whole of the grand scheme of things -
of things I did not choose.
Maybe, the desire is solely to shape it all my way
so that I can breathe more freely
and say what I want to say.
Copyright: Santari Green 2010
Leaves from a Poet-tree by Santari Green is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Comments
3 Responses to “Leaves from a Poet-tree”
Very profound Santari. Loved your poet tree. Especially Greater than One!!
Love Nancy
Hello Santari,
I love your Poet-tree, feels like me, specially A Growing Desire. All are very truthful with me.
Thank you
Mariola
Poem #3 is my favourite. I love it. And I didn’t know you’d gone in to play Perfect World. How brilliant is that! Will check it out further.