The Flame of Awareness

alighting awareness
the flame awakens
shining everywhere
all is light
a dancing field
form and matter
and shining space
pervading
a joyous shout
the roar of silence
an infinite prayer
of Love
The Path of Intimacy

Sometimes on the Path of Intimacy
I let fall the heaviness of my armor,
and gracefully out steps a ballerina,
dancing on her tippy toes.
grief

Here we sit
with infinite sadness
by our side
Insatiable grief
Like a loyal dog, panting
Let’s sit boy
Come here girl
Let us come to rest
Let’s stop the fight
Let’s just see each other
and Mourn
While holding hands
And touching feet
the immigrant

a long ways from home
a woman
who looks like me
on the corner
of the street
Beyond

life is humming all around
and within
the air is thick
with the nectar of creation
Dark Maroon Smoke

An ode to the suffering of women in my Chinese lineage, including two great-grandmothers with bound feet.
she who owns herself

watch out
i am
unshackled
savasana

i have come to rest
my mind
upon my heart