30. For Eric (or Not A Haiku) (or Sappy Love Poem)

I want to kiss you
like saying Om
relaxing into it
letting it become me
forgetting myself
remembering myself
healing myself
opening the channel
vibrating the spine
echoing along the inside
of the rib cage
emanating out in all directions
affirming my presence
hearing and following
the primordial the elemental
the rise the fullness
the fall, the lingering tingles
drawing out the last part
the mmm
I want it to be as if
it were always there
whether I say it or not
unstruck unmoved unchanged
through lifetimes
through the deaths of galaxies
through duty
through action
through destiny
through the work my soul has in store
for this life
and the next
through my faults and failings
always humming in my skin
waiting
I want to kiss you
like saying Om
to become
the becoming
to be held
in the knowing
to blur
my sound from yours
to ascend the energy
to be reborn
to be emptied
to be light
to float
become dizzy
we could be
levitating
just being
present
I want to
kiss you
like
Om

29.

Prayer gives power
when it makes you take action
Stand up. Make it so.

28.

Apathy is not
a way out of politics
this Earth is in need

27.

Baltimore, Nepal
you're in my heart and prayers
Nepal, Baltimore

26. (or Found Poem) (or That Time I Smiled Really Big)

Before I handstand
I remember who I am
I say my true name

25. (or Vayu)

I, five blowing winds
multidirectional flows
I, living movement

24. (or Privilege)

The game is fixed so
I pretend I'm not playing
can't sit this one out

23. (or Samskara)

Your shadow was sewn
to my heart since I was born
hunting down my light

I wear your embrace
like a dark cloak, a storm cloud
can't shake you off me

Illumination
is the only way to kill
a shadow.  I'll shine

22.

I honor what is
this practice is my thank-you
my love note to life

21.

Honor your true self
and the whole world gets stronger
you've got work to do

20.

Every cell replaced
recreating with each breath
my transformation

19.

Our love has sharp teeth
sinks in bone deep, ferocious
nothing else matters

18. (or Abhyasa)

With three elements
time, consistency, and love
we build a practice

Practice makes habit
habit makes lifestyle, so choose
what will fill your days

17.

Construct the ladder
as you ascend it, rising
to your lofty dreams

16. (or Ode to Baddie Winkle)

On my one hundredth
birthday, you better believe
I will be twerking

15.

Unknowable star
you may already be dead
I wish upon you

14. (or My Day Off)

I woke up quickly
I had dreamt I overslept
I'm having your dreams

13. (or Kapha)

Antidepressants
occur naturally in
the dirt, earthen soil

Transmuted through skin
conspiring to elevate
elemental bliss

12.

Manifest greatness
celebrate life's victory
within every breath

11. (or Anahat)

The unstruck center
pulsates a drumbeat tempo
we are all the dance

10.

Rain forests vibrate

birds scream, bugs have violin

wings, and branches break

Humid air thickens

the night, streaks your brow with sweat

it's too hot to spoon

9. (or What Goes Up)

Go float high enough
past the glass casing of sky
never come back down

8.

Like a school of fish
whose dance is its own master
movement unites us

7.

Look upon your self
the seed within the heart's heart
quiet radiance

6.

Together we howl
heads back, lungs full, standing on
short legs in the woods

5.

Your skin is a quilt
a nerve ending tapestry
wraps me up safely

4.

Love opens all doors
enters a forested soul
and sears a new path

3.

Stone's splash expanding
ripples visible to all
carrying the light

2. (or We Aren't Actually Removing Toxins)

Homeostasis
Protected. Distributing
Unhealthy excess

1.

What's the difference
Between women and cats? Cats
Only have nine lives.