Infinite Nectar ❀ Poetry

Breathless

Heart breaking, Time and space again, Walking this magnificent Earth. Knowing upon death, I will have only experienced But a sliver of it In this mere moment We call a Lifetime.

Fjords. Glaciers. Magic carpets. Colorful starry nights. Winding pathways. Remaining flattened 3" x 5" images. Digitized. Mere morsels Of the real.

No wonder... Sages say... Cannot comprehend... All that's real.

And yet... To walk... Sit... Listen...

Amidst... Any... One... Splendor...

Enough...

Drink in...

Vastness...

Of... It... All...

Machine Vaccine

Outer space In the race Time against grace Saving face.

Big money winning Hamster wheels spinning Monkey minds sinning The Boss Man grinning.

Pills to numb Consumers to dumb Blindly to succumb While Political Machines hum.

Corporate greed Consumers take heed Locked in selfish need Until we're freed.

But they won't free And we don't want their decree Turn off the tv So that we can be

Empowered to think Come to our own brink Out of groupthink Refuse the kool-aid drink.

Individual and group Interdependence loop The sacred hoop All our soul's stupe.

Here... where truth breaks in Now... when living begins Thickening thin skins Changing present happenin's.

Break the habits Forget the abbots No more chasing rabbits Simplify the elaborates.

Future generations Today's venerations Breaking down nations For global creations.

We ARE the world Peace being unfurled Loving actions swirled Becoming the new transworld.

"American" History

Blood Stained glass Blood Stained past Families aghast In comes Catholic mass.

Head of the class Assimilated lass Lad's braids cast Punishments vast.

Continental Congress In Sheep's clothes dress Treaties to redress "Special Relationship" just repressed.

Westward Expansion Gluttons in ranchin' Excessive mansion "Earned" from land grantin'.

Senseless kills By ego-driven wills Doesn't matter how many bills You throw at Black Hills.

Lands stolen Never "ours" to be dolin' Pockets got swollen By empty cajolin'.

Wounded Knee And White Man's decrees Stolen identities And you say "we're" free?

Hotchkisses cracked At Ghost Dance, attacked Village ransacked While Government backed.

All at what cost? Full, rich culture lost Language awashed By English's accost.

I take not Lest it all be forgot Forgiveness sought For my children to be taught

Truths behind lies Freeing ghostly cries "Don't forgets," that belies History's disguise.

We should have learned Too long history burned False truths urned As dead soul's yearned

For Futures to be written Generations' new bulls sittin' Rainbow tribe now mixin' Christenin' tolerant livin'.

Oceti Sakowin's their name No more shame Never to be tamed Culture forevermore, re-claimed.

Black, White, Yellow, Red Listenin' to what's said Behind soul's that bled For today's love's wed.

The Little Death

An embrace to endure eternity Lovers leap from the cliff Leaving Life at the ledge. Mid-Air they kiss, A kiss to court all Time, As they plunge to the Depths.

Tumbling, Air assuaging them, Free and Wild with the Wind, A freedom with no bounds. "I Love You" condensates from her Lips, As droplets land on his skin. He draws her closer.

"Don't look down," he whispers. "Breathe in every ending, Breathe out each beginning. Let go as you open your eyes. Feel my touch with every Caress of your curves."

In their reverie, Air thickens and Earth quakes, Funneling them to the foundation Beneath, awaiting their arrival. Ruby Rocks catch them, Welcoming the Lovers to their lair.

Moonlight firing pale skin, Freckles join the stars above. Heaven kissed foreheads bow While rosy cheeks ripen burgeoning Passions. Quickening pulses Synchronize with Earth's drumming.

Gazing at one another, The Lovers shed their skin and bones, Releasing their souls to rejoin the ethereal dance. Taking one last breath, spilling it in spirals, They dissolve the material of their matter. Immortalizing among Ruby Rocks.

[Masked Self]  |  [Self Unmasked]

Alabaster Plaster The Master Typecaster.

With Wet Cement I lament Fear it's permanent.

Chiseling Here's the thing Was dizzying Mind altering.

The Plaster Dried Faster Couldn't blast her- The Spell caster.

Lackluster Ball buster Men to fluster All she could muster.

Masquerade Whole charade Made me frayed In her violin's serenade.

She controlled I was cajoled Couldn't get paroled Is how it rolled.

Anger to red Soul wound bled Tomorrow's day's dread Words to be said.

You is you Who is who Fade to blue Sorrow rings true.

Life's suprises All these disguises Manipulizes As the "real world" criticizes.

But I took a turn Ended my sojourn Decided to learn To better discern

The naked face Mine to embrace Friends to grace As I held my space.

I pulled through The me inside grew Stretched my worldview Felt my Self renew.

Temptation thwarted To be genuine rewarded Became straightforward Real in life came forward.

Life without masks The everyday task Shed the burl-asque In order to bask

In the glow But I want you to know You can show You, even in woe.

We to show The real sorrow Buried below So long ago.

Fake us to rip up Truth serum sipped up Saccharin syrup Forevermore given up.

Costumes unzip No more ego trips Truth from our lips Deepening friendship.

You be real I unconceal Together we feel At long last, we heal.

Dreamweavers

We're not so different, Spider sister and me. Weavers of dreams, together are we. Wonder what it is she feels and sees, When her dream manifests in reality.

What a Time We Live In...

A time when women and men have the choice to stay home to raise children... A time when men and women have a choice to be part of the work force... A time when a white man and black women stroll in public, holding hands as unrestrained evidence of their love and devotion. A time when we are invited to learn the medicine ways of our native peoples... A time when the open road invites us into new world-views... A time when borders are thinning and the veil is lifting.

Don't you realize? We have not just earned our freedom. We have chosen to allow the right to choose to be free. Freedom is a choice. It begins with the dream of a new way of living... A way of being that is not prescribed or handed down to us... A way that brings us closer to our fellow beings, respects and honors them. Then, we must walk in the footsteps of that life, live it, and take action in it.

Horse Power

In perfect dynamism, her eyes tell a tale of supreme Gentility, mixed with an indomitable spirit. Tame and quiet, she awaits her next meal, Her next task, the sooth of her next grooming. Wild and free, she charges in the North wind Protectively holdering her rider on her sturdy back. She has perfected the balance of liberty and loyalty.

Together, they become one breathing organism. Communicating, gliding, and pulsing In perfect rhythm with one another. With gratitude, her rider knows intimately, Her own gentility, grace, loyalty, and freedom. Together, they know immortality.

The Storm

Illusions crumbling Walls tumbling Thunder rumbling Epic storm coming.

Clutching White knuckling Knees buckling Body bucking.

Waves crashing Boat thrashing Holding on isn't lasting Panic's attacking.

Tossing Costing Life jostling Death's threshold crossing.

Succumbing Numbing No more pummeling Coming

Undone.

Storm subsides Fears allied Angels by my side Sleep overrides.

Quiet ensues Silence imbues Morning gives clues Loneliness the ruse.

Spirit rises No more guises Genuinenizes What comprises.

Me to be.

Perception Reflection

When you reflect on your perception, Are you a "glass half full" Or "glass half empty" perceiver? Pessimist or optimist?

What if, instead, you were all of the above, Perceiving the world as Chaotic AND ordered, Peaceful AND tumultuous, Sorrowful AND joyful?

Perceiving life in this way Honors its complexity, Allows all that is there to be seen, And fosters wholeness within.

Inti Tayta

Father Sun, Enrapture me with your sacred embrace that I may feel unceasing comfort.

Eternal Flame, Strengthen my internal fire that I may act always with impeccable power.

Radiant Star, Illuminate the darkness within that I may shine without and show merciful compassion.

Inti Tayta, Ignite every cell of my being that I may know unified, sanctified, transcendent wisdom.

Hawk Medicine

She will capture you with her eyes, Fix you in her gaze If Hawk has set her sights on you. With ever focused desire, Penetrating speed and agility She will dive into your luminous, Essential nature; Reigniting your once wild abandon. You will spin in fierce ecstasy As moment upon moment of your life Transposes before you.

When the spinning stops, You will look down And be reminded of your original Spirit flight When the sweet, cool Air Held you as your wings intertwined. You will see Mother Earth below you Holding her safety net of soft, green grass. In this moment, you will know,    You will realize You never stopped soaring And you were never alone.

return to the garden

we must restore our faith in humanity. let us take back the word “human” from the shadows and re-charge it to be a clean and honorable word from this night and day forward. for to treasure ourselves, our brothers, and sisters, our sacred bodies, minds, and souls is to honor the life gifted to each of us that we chose to accept. let us not squander it. we have been invited to return to the garden so we can reconnect with the seeds of our becoming and grow the mighty human oak within us all.

Love’s Web

Untangling the web of dreams I wove Heart needs a walk, time to rove. To keep me protected, I wove it tight Finding this only kept out the light. Standing free, silken fibers falling I listen for the whisper of my soul's calling.

I will gather and hold the strings for now Until patterns emerge to show me how It longs to be designed, created, and laced. Then I will set to work, no time to waste. Over and under, the threads will weave Until it is finished, I will not take leave.

This is my promise to my Beloved who waits His own fine wares as he sits, he creates.   One day he will bring his creations to me And I will admire their eccentricity. This anticipated day we will reunite           Ready to coalesce, bringing Love’s web to light.

Lipstick, Locks and Fingerprints

Strolling upon his succulent seashore Amidst Earth’s stones, sands, and secrets. Seeing hints of a luscious love affair Where Ocean's waves wove With his weathered landscape; Transforming his tattered terrain. One is left to imagine her tendrils of waves Cascading down his open-hearted chest.

Even she leaves her lavish Lipstick, locks, and fingerprints.

  Truth

Truth’s presence is palpable wherever she lands- Body quiets, fog lifts, simplicity reigns. She brings with her a sense things are right in the world So long as we drop into resonance with her.

Truth’s absence is equally palpable. When we push and kick or avoid her claims, She is a sinister nag Teasing paranoia upon burgeoning fear.

In either case, Truth Is profound power that will Make her mark whether invited or not. ‘Tis best to sit and welcome her to join you.  

Do you dare to enter her womb Knowing full well that you will be dismembered, Mulched, disintegrated, dismantled?

Visceral memories will rush back Into consciousness as you remember The last time you were encapsulated In Mother’s womb.

You may feel safe, You may feel numbed, You may feel paralyzed, You may feel nostalgic, You may feel petrified.

It is not known what you will feel; Yet will you step your body in And allow Earth’s womb to close in around you As our burrower relations do?

What is certain is that you will die Earth will seep into every orifice, Every crevice, every cell And you will exist no more. Do you dare?

Oh brave soul If you so dare, you will Be transformed, no doubt. You will exit wiser, wilder, softer, Stronger, freer. Let her hold you Fully suspended, let go. No other intimacy compares To the darkness, transformation Of Mother’s womb. She will birth you Time and time again So that death becomes life again If you only dare to enter her womb.

KLC © 2011, photo © 2011