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Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Communing with NatureI rather go
Hungry being
Out in
Nature than
To fill
My belly with
Four walls and
Florescent lights

I rather dig into
The earth with
Hands to
Work for
My supper than
Wrap it in
Plastic and
Nuke it for
Warmth

I rather be
Here in
My soul in
My present
State of
Stillness
Feeling
What is
Real at
My core

Feel it
Run through
My veins like
Water to
The roots of
A tree—
I am
Nourished by
The beauty and
Strengthened by
The assurance that
No matter
How hard
Humans try
To create
Over it—
It lives and
It’s what I
Hunger for

It still
Exists outside
The four walls and
Florescent lights of
Modern day
Human existence

It is still
Forever filling
The world with
Living light
Welcoming us
All back to
What is
Real to
The life we
Lived before
CL April 2013

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The Song of Humanity (we’ve been here before)

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

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Peace here and everywhere
The Song of Humanity (we’ve been here before)
I’ve been here before
Over a decade ago
I stood in
Lower Manhattan at
The source of
Pain and
Confusion and
Suffering and
Despair and
From it
We fell to
Rise again…

We fell to
Rise again and
I’ve been here
Before…

I stood at
Ground zero as
Smoke
Lifted to
The sky
Cutting through
Smoldering
Steel beams
Raised
Out stretched in
A cross to
Represent
Peace for
The living and
Rest for
The dead

ground zero crossI’ve been here before…

I will
Never forget
The moment
My feet
Touched
Pavement and
Truth
Entered
My heart

And as
I witnessed
Bakeries
Turned into
Make shift
Med clinics and
Buildings as
Dust
I was
Awakened to
The depth of
Suffering
We induce as
Human
Beings
I felt
The suffering
And I
Became
We…

I am we and
We’ve been here before…
boston memorial
And as we
Watched life and
Limb being lost in
Boston as
A marathon
Tradition was
Scorched by
Bombs and
Brothers being
Without
Heart and
Full of
Fear I have to ask…
drones
How many times
Will we
Stand in
Our sorrow on
The cold
Pavement that
Stretches to
Meet
Destruction in
Rubble and
Devastation of
Human heart and
Life?

How many times
Do hopes and
Dreams and
Tears
Have to
Fall?

kids wishesHow many times
Do we
Have to
Suffer
The collective
Loss of
Life of
Home of
Family of
Past and
Present and
Future potential to
Be at our
Best in
Community in
Love with
All life?

How many times
Will we
Keep coming
Together to
Lift up
What others
Tear down—
Our soul
Our spirit
The spirit of
Humanity?

MARTIN RICHARDHow many times
Will peace
Be broken
Split into
Two?

Your peace.

My peace.

In peace
I stand

In peace
You stand

No.
In peace we
Stand

In peace we
Stand as
One
Lifting up
The heart of
Humanity and
Together we
Say…
No more.
stand in peace
No more
Will we
Live in
This division

No more
Will we
Let our
Collective
Heart be
The source of
Our darkest days
peace vigil
No more
Will we
Avenge
The violence and
Suffering
Inflicted on
Us and
By us with
More violence
Only to
Create even
More suffering
Perpetuating
More violence

No.
We’ve been here before.
We fell to
Rise again…

We are
The light of
Goodness
change the world
And at
Times
Fear may
Blind our
Eyes to
The beauty of
Goodness but
It doesn’t
Deafen our
Ears to
Sounds of
Love

In love
Fear is
Mute

We are
The light of
Goodness
natural music
And we
Sing in
Our hearts
The song of
Healing
Love

Listen in
Love
Hear
The melody of
The divine

Hear
The morning
Call of
Humanities
Greatest
Hour

sunrise
Hear
The moment when
Dawn cracks
Open
The deep
Blackness of
Our sorrow with
One
Single
Ray of
Light

This light
Brings
The sounds of
A new day for
Us all to
Hear
hands-heart-sunset
This light
Lifts us
Up just
When we
Begin to
Doubt in
The darkness of
Our suffering
Nights

But darkness
Can’t silence
Love.
darkness
It can
Take our
Sight for
A moment

And for
A moment
We may
Dream
The worst but
It can’t
Stop us from
Hearing
The love
The love song of
The human heart
Hear and
Sing along
morning birds
Hear and
Sing along like
The morning bird
Feeling
The rising light of
The horizon in
It’s deep
Breathing chest
Beating
Its heart to
The desire of
Life to
Renew its
Purpose by
Being the
Song of
The sky

Sing along…
heart feet
Be in
The purpose of
Peace
Be in
The purpose of
Love
Be in
The purpose of
Community
And see
This new day as
A call to
Renew our
Collective
Purpose to
Love one
Another in
The light of
This day of
This truth…
We are
One people
And we are
Suffering together.
laughing
Let us heal together.

Because we’ve been here before

And we will rise again.

Let us rise in
The light as
One people
One love and
One peaceful
Human race.
hands
No more
Will we
Inflict
Suffering on
Each other

From this day
Forward
Let us
Never come
Back here
Again.

No more.

No more
Will we
Let our
Collective
Heart be
The source of
Our darkest days
children
This is our heart song…

The love song of
The human heart

Hear and sing along

Hear
The morning
Call of
Humanities
Greatest
Hour…
peace
Hear and sing along.

This is our
Heart song to
Be at peace with
One another

This is our
Heart song to
Love one another

This is our
Heart song to
Heal one another

Hear and sing along.

Because this can be
Our greatest hour

Hear and sing along…

We have awoken.

This is our new day.

Hear and sing the song of humanity
It has a melody of love.

Hear and
Sing along…
human heart

We are the song of humanity
We are the song of love.

And I love each and every one of you…

Because
I am we
And we
Are one.

Hear and sing along.

CL April 2013

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The Eye of Mediocrity

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

The Eye of Mediocrity

This is an oil painting I did tonight as a form of self expression. It’s the first painting I have done in close to 10 years, It felt healing to be painting again.

The Eye of Mediocrity

The eye of
Mediocrity is
The eye of
Self doubt
Self hate and
Self deprecation—
The deep
Buried
Pain of
Never being
Good enough of
Falling from
The Eye of Mediocrity
Confidence like
Falling from
Grace like
Fighting
The good fight
Without ever
Feeling
Graceful
Enough to
Feel good
Enough to
Feel accomplished in
Successes where
Heart and
Person were
Given in
Every
Venture in
Every
Ability of
Being there to
Serve
Express
Communicate and
Show
The eyes of
The soul

My eyes
Break into
Tears at
The feeling of
Mediocrity
Wishing I
Was good enough
Better
Accomplished and
Given
Recognition at
Something or
Noticed for
Anything—
Anything without
Mere
False praise

Oh, how I quiver at
The sound!

The eye of
Mediocrity is
Me in
My lowest
Thoughts and
The tears—
The tears are
A gathering of
Painful emotion
When I
Look in
The mirror and
See myself as
Just a mere
Mediocre
Person
Who has
Accomplished so
Little in
All I
Have set
Out to
Do…

Oh, how I quiver at
The sight.

And even so
I know
Behind
This eye of
Mediocre
Lies is
The truth…

I am
Accomplished in
Light and
Love and
I have
Achieved so
Much…

I am worthy of
Praise—
My praise…

This is
The Eye of Truth.

I am
A success.
CL Feb 2013

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The Creation of Love’s Journey

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

Flowing of Love
I am
The heart beat

I am
The flesh and
Bone of
Love’s journey

I am
The intake of
Life and
The exhale of
Experience

And I
Only know
This way to be…
One Love
To be in
Love with
Life

To be in
Love with
The sun
Shining on
My face

To be in
Love with
The wind
Stirring
Movement in
The trees

To be in
Love with
The canine eyes
Waiting for
Our adventures
This day to
Begin

To be in
Love with
You and
You and
You in
Love with
The life
You are with
The love
You share with
The collective
Experience that
Makes us
Whole

These connections
Exist in
The flowing of
Love in
The rhythmic
Beating of
The One heart
We share

We exist
Within
The consciousness of
One journey and
We live as
The pulse of
Life flowing as
Love and as
Light-
If you share
The love
You share
Light and
You give
Life…

The space
Between one
Beat and
The next and
One beat to
The second and
On beat to
The infinite is
Where
We feel
The possibility of
Creation of
Being more than
Alive of
Being
Co-creators on
This journey of
Being
The artist of
Life…

In this space
We give
Birth to
The essence of
All life—
The whole
Life and to
The experience of
The flowering of
This simple truth…

We are the conscious creation of love’s journey.
And our life is One we create together.

CL Feb 2013

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Those who are Alive Live On

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

angel_heart

Did the angels pull you from the cord too young?

Did you mother feel the pain?

Breathing in
The sorrow of
Your choices
I know your
Journey has
Just begun

Don’t hold on
To the earth
It lives in
Eternal renewal

Don’t lean on
The past
It breaks with
The weight

I’m not a saint
These stains
Seep into
My bones

Oh no
I’m not a saint
I just peel off
My mistakes
As I’ve grown

Who are you to spill the blood of the innocent?

Who are you to cut life to pieces?

This isn’t
Your world—
And I know you can hear!

Hear me

Know that
I have compassion
For the living
And in the living
I love with
Intensity
For all
Who live
Here
Pounding in
My heart

And I don’t pity the karma you bear

How can you let your demons tear into a beating heart?

How can you look into the terror gripping little eyes
And not drop to your knees at the sound of their cries?

I want to know…

Who are you to multiply your pain?

Who am I now that I know your name?
And call on you for answers
Because I want to understand
Call on God for answers
Because so many will never be
The same?

You broke an unwritten pact
You harmed the children of
Our human pack
And it boils in
My veins
And weeps
From my eyes
The realization of
Your demise

I live in the light
And grow beyond
My pain
Grow beyond
My mistakes
Grow beyond
This world into
The love
I was created from…
And on
And on
And on

You
No longer
Grow

In the shadows
You abandoned
Light

You chose darkness

Blinded from
Redemptive
Sight

Go ahead
And cast
Your troubles
Into the fire
And you
Will feel
The burn of
Your soul
Caught in
The flame as
You turn on
Yourself in
Your own
Despair and
Relief
Relief
Comes from
Nowhere

And no matter
Your suffering
No one here
Or you there
Will ever be
The same

The angels
Who cut
Your cord
Now give
New life to
Little ones in
Heaven who
Fought
The good fight
In love
In light
With eternal sight

You
Who are
Blind will
Never see
With your
Soul in
Damnation
Their souls
Were set
Free

In love…

No more
Terror

In love…

No more
Fear

I feel their love right here

Comforting
The living from
Beyond

They may have been young
But their heart song
Sings on as
They live on…
And on
And on
And on

They who are alive
They will always live on.

CL Dec 2012

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