Iowa - page 2

QUEST

Searching, searching
for guidance.
Which way do I turn?
What do I do?
Without taking time to seek guidance
from within,
I will continue to be
searching, searching.

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY ACTIVITIES

How can I have peace
when I am doing
one hundred twenty
things a day?
Enjoy the activity
that encompasses me now.
Think of the next one
briefly,
with thoughts of peace.
Express joy to the fullest
Have peace in
one hundred twenty
activities a day.

ASCENSION

Faith is as a non-breakable balloon,
As long as it is made of
God-substance.
Through my journey
it keeps expanding.
When it is light enough
it floats to the heavenlies
where it continues to expand
as a non-breakable balloon.

BUTTERFLY BEAUTY

Enchanted butterfly beauty
Colorful, light and free
As a caterpillar first lived
Unimportant creature indeed
Spun into a crinkled paper package
Mysterious magic performed
Providing a lacy, transformed
Work of art
An exciting surprise to the world
Even to butterflybeauty.

PEACE

Refreshing sense of cleansing
with the myriad crashing sound
of sixty foaming white caps
breaking on the rocks
ferrying away reflected dross.

In contrast to stark reflection
dazzling across the water,
immediately behind me lay
the fuzzy barefoot softness
of freshly cut bluegrass,
into novel crevices overflowing
along the rocky shore.

Watching, not really watching
Listening, not really listening
Thinking, not really thinking
Just sitting on the dock,
Just sitting.

CONTENTMENT

I feel the warmth of earth
blended with coolness of shade;
Total comfort.

A tiny spruce twig lies next to me,
fallen from the tree above;
just lying, resting.

A small gray feather
light, almost weightless,
resting on the ground nearby.

I sit motionless,
my thoughts floating by;
Just sitting, resting.

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