we run
we hide
we ignore
there is another option
though it is hot, stay
what is old shall fall away
you are born from love
~j
#stay #StayPresent #StayWoke #presence #MeditateAndResist #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #meditation #love #LoveWins #haiku #poetry #JMWpoetry
the leaves fall
the grass grows
and so it is
with each passing day
of this precious
fleeting
life
every breath
a season of
now
just breathe
~j
these heroes
these saints
broken and human
yet
beautiful and buoyant
in their love
worried and tired
stumbling
falling
yet
courageously
persistently
fiercely
open-hearted
shining bright
their light
they are you
they are me
they are we
we are
the Resistance
~j
01.12.18
before the mind craves
the moment yet born
before the pain unravels
into rambling story
before a tempered heat
reaches a boil
before the tears dry
and the heart shifts to close
just sit.
~j
09.16.17
tears flow
laughter sings
just be
~j
09.08.17
sitting
breathing
i see the path
before me
and
it is
everything
and
it is
now.
~j
09.03.17
You want to bury them
bury into the dirt
but you forget
each of them
is a seed.
~
Anonymous (adapted)
Taking a walk
I saw
a wildflower.
Not knowing its name
I saw
its beauty only.
~
Ok-Koo Kang Grosjean
Only one thing
made him happy
and now that
it was gone
everything
made him happy
~
Leonard Cohen
empty,
i am able to receive
the fullness
of life.
~j
The Metta Garden 