Area : CONSCIOUSNESS
Date : Oct 17 '95, 22:39
From : STEVE PHILLIPS, 1:379/1
To : Frank Gaude
Subj : Love's Quiet Fire
the taste of celery when you are hungry.
the touch of a warm breeze on your neck while listening to cicadas.
the smell of the ocean, vaguely fishlike, under a full moon.
the slowing of time during auto accidents.
the absence of any question whatever while chopping firewood.
the stark and stalwart seriousness of childhood 'adventure'.
the seeming indifference of stars in the night sky.
the mysterious omnipresence of electricity.
departure and sleep, gateways to places beyond knowledge.
nature's extravagant generosity of seeds.
hieroglyphics enscribed in the spirals of pinecones and sunflowers.
gracefulness of flight, hawk and gazelle, deer and hummingbird.
persistence of ideas across generations.
ripples on a pond, like memories in the heart.
the moment before action, in which chances are either taken or lost.
the restless yearnings of love, expressed in Persian poetry.
the unexpected kindness, the extravagant gift.
the strengthening hardship, the tears of mourning.
the silence of beauty, the stillness of truth.
eons leaving their footprints on the shores of heaven.
prayers rising up from the heart like incense.
minds obsessed with questions like tenuous vines seeking the sun.
the trampling of hooves and the rolling thunder.
the rising of the sun, birdsong in the meadow,
the smell of earth after a rain on city streets,
the lost and forgotten, seeking shelter from the storm.
peace like a river,
substance of our journey,
starlight wandering across desert vastness,
seeking cool oases in the heart.
letting go, letting go, letting go
letting go, letting go, letting go
forgiving, and letting go.
dwindling, returning
letting go
dissolving and exploding
letting go into un-becoming,
dancing freely back to the origin.
I am the taste of celery when you are hungry
the touch of a warm breeze on your neck
as you listen to the cicadas.
steve.
--- GEcho 1.11+
* Origin: The Transporter Room: 8 lines 27gig 33 CD's 704/567-9513 (1:379/1)
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