Star Raven Rain tears falling Breaking the bonds that separate Imagine peace and an end to violence Peace in your minds, on earth, in your houses Love and giving always to your secret inner Self Swimming in the seas of dreams and oceans of future Saved from drowning when you most need help Men and women on a boat that sails across worlds A great ship that can go where men alone cannot We catch a leviathan of the deep It is almost too horrible to look at To see it is to despair And yet my friends are still in the sea And who knows how many more monsters are there Primordial, ancient, terrible to behold And the one we caught was already dead I remember the hill where we played The bus where I broke the rubber bands A wilderness, a forest, a river, a path, journeys You and the others, my friends and family I danced and floated away, you sang my name Onward toward the sea, my destiny I leave you, and you are still in the cold water It is almost as if you were never here at all Yet I still feel the phantoms of your presence Some more people I know remained behind below In the dark waters among the ancient ones I felt bad for leaving you most of all, my love But when I saw the rope I grabbed on The strange elder ones in human form pulled me to safety To help raise the other monsters and people from the sea We are all related to one another, by ancestry and origin United by the memory of ocean and the promise of sky Happy to be alive and desirous of one another's company Endeavor always to change ourselves and others A difficult task requiring much effort, grace, art Working as a fisherman in the cosmic ocean Writing and knowing the true and beautiful As well as I can, remember my dreams Try to create some kind of meaning Every day I think of you, my star raven Always growing, changing, learning, becoming In the midst of being, time, evolution Revolution of the mind, psyche, society How can I hope to change the world? Who am I and where am I going? What can I do to help humanity renew? How can I dream while still awake? Each and every day that passes I change and yet always remain In love with life, living, and dreaming Visions of the future that may be We are all part and parcel We belong to the earth, sky, and water In every way and path I travel, I think of you always, my star raven 
Dream Poetry Visions: Sixth Dimensional Perspective Archetypes of God and Goddess and World Hero Lotus Light Love Laughter Longing Learning Illuminating ***** Song of Lament and Joy for Paradise Being Born in the Ocean of Worlds, Galaxies, Universes Thousands of rose petals drift In the sweet sunlit air and sky Brought down from the mountains On the wind change from across The oceanic tides and the stories Of sailors who wandered far So that everything brings me to tears And the thought and fear that I will never Leave my birth country for distant lands In search of the promise of treasure For I am tied to my friends and family Yet there are many winds to tempt The imagination of a poor man's son And I am the same as any other inside With just the same chances to succeed My family's advice is permanent isolation From myself as well as the rest of the world But I will search for exquisite solitude instead Go to the secret places in my mind Where loneliness cannot corrupt me Nor sorrow, fear, darkness, evil, hate My heart is tied to the earth, love, poetry The source of all that is, was, and shall be Where my ancestors came from To found a better life than the one They had known across the ocean From far away the wind brings its tales Sailors who have wandered far from home Myself among them, lost in the ether The land of my birth only a memory And all lost for the promise of treasure My heart remains tied to my father's country But I have chosen to cross the ocean In the desert temptations of flesh are many The imagination of a poor farmer's son is great Yet I cannot deny the destiny of my soul 
Tears Fall Like Rain and the World Is Created: Transcendence, Unity Within Duality, Immanence ***** Windows of Soul All from love and to love all will return What soul have I not loved Once I glanced for an instant into One or two or three windows Into the soul of mankind Male and female combined Their eyes were together Merging, melding, becoming Their eyes were all alive With spirit and mind and self Aligned with the soul of worlds What pair of eyes has given vision Dimmed awareness of the terrible divine When have I not seen myself staring Reflected in another pair of windows How many are clear enough to see And how many are locked and barred How many fail to realize that we are All a part of the same force of nature I have traveled far on many paths I have waited lifetimes just for one Glimpse into the eyes of another self One instant of recognition between Love crossing generations and revolutions Higher even than knowledge of God Nothing except ourselves can stop us I realize now that our destiny lies together The fate of the one is tied to the many And from individuality we can be as one Trying to explore the mystery of being And meaning light, life, love, laughter, longing All the time we are creating truth and beauty Individuals create the world of philosophy Art of living for today and tomorrow and dream Working together for the common good We are each as one and we are all family 
Healthy Red Blood Cells ***** Self World Balance Smile, Feel, Breathe, Love, Sing Earth, Water, Fire, Sky, Spirit You're a star Because you are one breath Original, honest, lovely Breath within spirit Every moment awakening There's nothing you cannot do Given time space to make Nothing you can do to Change the simple fact of Belonging to the universe Enjoy every moment of life As if it was borrowed From the earth and sky For a limited time only You and your soul experience Manifold manifestation of light vision What it is to be truly alive In your bright beautiful life It is your destiny to seek But when you find what you are You might no longer need That which your heart speaks Whispers in the deep solitude And is not only truth in words No attainment because no non-attainment Dark blue and white edge of world Turquoise Bodhisattva sound of compassion Electric blue silver moon brother and sister Red and gold sun sister and brother Purple and white earth and sky dragons Rainbow red and blue magician wise warrior Princes and princesses of light and shadow Crimson phoenix mad and dangerous Enemy king reveals hidden fears and hates Cats and ravens with intelligence and memory Masters, temples, cities, journeys, homecomings The Four Protectors, Cardinal Directions, Classical Western Elements (Not including Spirit/Ether) ***** Star Raven Part Two: Kiss Life Begins For Shakespeare, Carl Jung, and Other Silver Moon Blue Black Ocean Souls By the name of the water and the wind Unbind and free legs and body safety Within walk fly then sit to share in banquet Circle of spirits drink energy life light Water life flow through earth moss sky Dark light shatter split one into two From dark and back to light again Jade heart violet sapphire forget-me-not Words communicate stories and memories Direct knowledge passed through language Magic of unconscious and intuitive balance Listen and watch flowers grow and sing I hear a knock on my door and there you are Dark wonder gold and black serpent crow Great wound healer of silent heart and mind Green and blue and white with life light All colors and masks evolve and transform Time force consciousness alters chaos and order From one comes two and then a great many Plants and animals people yet to be long gone Giant and communal and microscopic Eye mitochondria fish weaving patterns of eternity Transcendence not of the world but heart and mind Soul shape build and create new ways of becoming Wisdom existence understands through sky earth water Each lifetime year day hour moment I am different Lost in time, constantly forgetting and remembering Die and reborn again and again the balance of light darkness Opposites unite beyond within here and there Pain and pleasure, now and between, good and evil Autumn garden maple trees clover ripe wheat Moss gentle strength and hidden courage subtle Intimate connections between and among all life Add and multiply consciousness unforeseen and unforeseeable Cosmic imagination of creation and continual growth Symbol web language interacting with living information Visionary myth wisdom about alchemy dream poetry Observe intuit feel understand speak watch listen From science journey around the wheel of life world Once again travel the windy roads towards eternity Recurring always in different tragedies and comedies Together the original and never-ending wakefulness Until once ending the seeker finds a new beginning again The sleeper awakens and no longer holds onto fear The beginning is the end and the end is never complete Our own world sphere making or made or yet to be Share paths apart until we are alone together again Death is a doorway that opens forward pushes life Ever onwards towards some strange destined seashore Heavens and hells between underworlds and skies Compete combine and create new worlds somewhere Spirit and dream meet between and beyond humanity Merely more light perception rationality balance replaces Integrative ethics intuition and myth artwork understanding Cooperate to replace and redefine the old ways of doing Know and feel some way out away from final Apocalypse and illusion versus hope and transformation Perfection in and from the midst of violent resisting Balance and peace choose the way at the crossroads Face accept love take and give life Silence is best golden waves and intricate pathways Though far as time allows for galaxies and people Expanding growing evolving away from and together With each other cluster and filament faster than light Passing strange boats and sailing ships of great diversity We carry with us memories and essence colors Some regret that they regret when close so far apart Good care full of illusion and separation Reality divide and heat and synthesize When you come close to world's edge Remember the alchemist and his her stone Cosmic ocean of infinite possibilities Bounded seemingly yet not limited One, two, three, four, five Dimensions perceptions worldviews Seeming intelligent and beautiful mystery Souls and stars in the night sky nearby singing Eye Intuition Violet ***** Dragon Angel Lovers Stars eyes serpents infinite vision dark and light unity lotus love laughter solitude Ring wheel turning layers shadow angels isolation Tonight may be good now and forever Spirit life moss garden hidden Masters have need for question play solitude Care beyond action of asking clarify perspective Ball bounces in darkness deep in contemplation Wisdom teacher mind enlightened absolute Not this and not that and constant as change Gatekeeper smiles accepts allows passage Keymaster sun disease and healing transformation discovery Guardian contains part of breath and we Enemy some say their own shadow selves Snake beauty firebird stranger master forest mountain valley Serpent every time realize we can feel infinity longing Ocean through source of all that was, is, and shall be Deep friendship heart infection house sloping hill trees green Creation flame mad joy blind genius revolution Poison rain clouds distance paradise balance humanity nature Separation I sit and contemplate connectedness creativity love Return life animals ending yet also beginning light vision Balance home engulfed flooded wrecked and lost Odin One Eye Clarity death mirrors our own as all purification rituals Change sensitivity light insight sunrise birds singing crying pain Growth though I may feel sorrow for all loss transcendence green Learning I cannot help and be comforted by knowing feminine premonition Silence they do not suffer or so I hope every day waterfall crickets Sitting when we cannot even decide which side discovery sickness healing Listening pity shame loss atonement dream demon dark moon Teaching of the same coin to be though in nature infinite light river Loving there were no sides except illusion and luminous history memory Singing reality through the cosmic mirror reflecting change transformation Self and the world truly not for or against rest meditate relax River learn grow dance smile change ask tell say do think Song neither can hope to conquer other change feel true beauty Stars only to better understand our potential perfect joy life future Glowing animals spirits world self family friends crossroads pattern The Door of Perception, Eye of Love, Window of Heart ***** First Day Today is the first day of the rest of my life What will I do and who will I be When will I remember everything I have done One part of a great mystery I do not understand I am happy sometimes a little lost Other times completely utterly confused about meaning Giving up fighting how I live without compromising Ideals thoughts feelings inspire me to keep going Poets artists dreamers remind us that there is always something more Beyond what is more being giving up illusions and desire What I am or will be certainty and uncertainty Relative to my world beauty and truth mix into one reality Why I accept separateness I do not know anything Except I am alive thinking and feeling Soul understands more than self hope will Guidance from within focus a conscious light I love everyone and need their help and company Flower of Life Art Intuition Creativity Visions Dreams Imagination Wonder Childhood ***** The Secret Library Sophia sits at a long oak table deep in contemplation She is reading a very old book with gold and silver lettering She looks up for a moment and our eyes meet They are two dark pools with the weight of this great place The spiral towers offering beautiful views of the mountains The long shadowy aisles of books and remarkable treasures of knowledge Her eyes have much wisdom, sadness, beauty, understanding Reflecting the many worlds, times, places, people of the world recorded here Outside in the courtyard, I sit under the tree of life’s ornate canopy A child of the great tree of life and the same as its parent Much like this small world is similar to the universe outside Beyond the mountains and forests of this paradise I have come to love I feel privileged to be one of the few chosen to live here and learn Time seems to slow down when Sophia comes outside to sit with me She likes to look at the secret city in the moonlight and the starlight The wind is gentle and carries with it the smell of wildflowers Deep in the mountains it is yet warm in the early spring An atmosphere of peace and calm lies over the library We are both silent, sitting together under the giant tree’s ornate branches Even though the air is warm the wooden benches are quite cool Later, we cross through the doorway to the forest outside the city To the world we knew all of our lives, the world of humans and Earth We find our bicycles where we left them, close to my house We ride home and eat a simple meal -- She sings a sad song of love while I cook Afterwards, Sophia sits on the edge of the porch and swings her legs over the shrubbery Her long brown hair hides her eyes as she bends down to smell the flowers We talk about our plans for the future, how she wants to bring more people here And I tell her of my desire to create a utopia with her help, and that of our friends Whether or not to speak of the secret world Sophia and I discovered, that will be tricky An important decision not to be taken lightly -- Great power and knowledge are at stake In the wrong hands the course of human evolution on Earth could change for the worse The development of a new world to replace the ones that came before could be stifled By greed and lust for power, the ages-old foil of human progress and evolution towards The optimal version of history Sophia and I have been fortunate enough to witness With the help of the Wizards, the elusive people in charge of the hidden city A small world separate yet connected to every time and place in the cosmos The World Is in the Best Hands Today: World Healing Compassion Hope Balance Nature Protectors ***** She Is A Star I am able to fly yet again I understand I am dreaming Beautiful stars offer themselves to me Affection, intimacy of mind, self Energy of closeness with a slight touch I remember her from before I moved away I want to be close to her more than ever before I regret not showing her how I feel about her More than I did -- Discovering, exploring life I imagine she is sitting in the moonlight tonight Under a weeping willow tree reading the poetry Of the beauty of nature, the earth and the sky Stars in her eyes and in the sky and her mind I have to set her free, in my own mind On the wings of night birds Ravens, crows, owls, life of imagination Beauty wonder her guides Companions in the moonlight world of garden Strange sounds mysteries keep her company The world begins again, continuing to be born again With the rise of the sun in the morning Never ending, always beginning And as long as there is life There is always hope for the future Eye Window Soul ***** Glimpse of The Future As I walk by the river in the sliver of crescent moonlight Shining through the tops of the trees, just enough light To make my way without falling, yet not enough to stop Paying attention to each footstep, I think about my future Years ahead in time I will be different yet the same soul I am barely able to know myself as anything other than a child Yet there are hints of my future self shining along with the moonlight Starlight Golden Silver Child ***** The Future of Humanity Ancient symbols of change and chaos depict figures from our ancestral memory Cow, Mother Earth -- Lucifer, Shadow -- Pisces, Sacrificial Lamb Back and forward from today for thousands of years Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron, Information -- always changing Humanity continues to grow into its potential for enlightenment Whether or not there is a cosmic plan for us does not matter Consciousness flowers and produces seeds for the future End of one age is beginning to another and we are lucky to see the changes Even if we do not understand, we still have the opportunity to witness the world We can save the world and ourselves in the process by allowing the future to exist Without interfering with the progression of ages and future generations The traditional meaning of conservation and not inflicting our flaws on children We can explore the universe in peace and prosperity for all if we only desire The ancient cards may become antiquated, our divisions unnecessary Through the houses of death and life time continues as arrow and circle Freedom the great potential and necessity for humanity to grow Individuality and memories of our past must be reconciled for balance We may choose to cover the tattoos of past triumphs and mistakes Or show our regrets with pride and intimacy, without promoting destruction Black Hole Doorway Window Soul Dark and Light Complexity: Dark Eyes Man Woman Child Love Flames Hands Feet Knowledge Alchemy ***** Symbols of Life Figures from myth and legend use symbols to control nature and be controlled by it Farm houses and factories can be centers of learning for children and adults An ancient tree near an even older tower comes back to life after being almost dead Children worship the tree and begin to return the land to its former vibrancy and magic A beautiful angel comes to witness this and offers to help with creating a new eden She leads the children up to the inaccessible rooms near the top of the ancient tower When they want to leave, she says to go down would be to go through a narrow drain And to go up would be to enter the abyss of space and time and uncertainty The demon that lives nearby appears and threatens her and then leaves She says they have been chosen for combat against the darkness, but it will not be easy They fight for the original symbols that define the myths and legends of human history They use the language left to humanity by the stranger who fell into the abyss long ago Elements of Love: Places History Different Worlds Alternatives Choices Eternities Becoming Being Existence Transcendence ***** The Black Death Comes to Town In the middle of the trance ceremony I realize that I am in great danger and I go outside I do my best to defend my people and I tell the dark spirits to go away or else be destroyed I cut off one of the death knights’ heads and tell the others to leave or face the same fate Most are scared away, but there is one terrible creature who is not afraid of anything I confront the dark leader but it is strong and I have difficulty gaining any kind of advantage So I lead him out to the shore of the ocean in order to quench its deadly flame of anger My fire cannot hurt it, but the water can put an end to its rampage, or so I hope I manage to pull the creature into the ocean with me, sacrificing myself for the greater good And I am left alone in my own dream, trying to find another individual who is also dreaming I do not know if the people I meet are just part of my dream or if I am simply part of theirs Heart Compassion Joy Love Justice ***** Flowers of Lust We lie together in my house at the edge of a great mountain forest At some point she says “We both know that we want each another” I turn to her and she is looking at me with longing in her eyes She kisses me and I let my instincts take over and she does too Later, in the glow of sexual contentment, we lie together looking up at the ceiling I hear her crying and ask what is wrong but she says nothing She gets up and walks into the bathroom, and closes the door I want to say something else, to find out what is wrong The smell of her sweat lingers in my bed and I wait for her to return When she does, she says she wants to go home, but it can wait until tomorrow So we both try to go to sleep, and I put my arm around her, and our foreheads press together A strange kind of blue purple light seems to emanate from all around her And I am happy for a little while, until she leaves and I am left alone again But that is tomorrow, and for now she is here to stay -- And I am thankful for this Magic Blue Beautiful Violet Rose Peacock Eye Labyrinth Mandala ***** Love of Life There are so many people I deeply care for, it’s hard to count And yet I cannot help but feel more love for some than others The ones I dream - when the rain comes and the earth drinks its fill I think of her often in good times and bad times — It helps Knowing she is alive and vital in my world at this moment in time Even though we cannot be together, even though she may not want to be At this particular point in space and time, I still love her The memory and idea of her inspires me to be a better person To make better art, or at least know when my art is not good When I do not create for the benefit of other people — Humanity Benefits when I am enlightened in my pursuit of self-interests When I give as much as I take, and take only what I need to survive We are all part of the cause for social justice and equality for all Even my friends who are selfish and who do not like the idea of change We all play our part in the great unfolding drama of the universe And she is the one who inspires me to have faith and hope for the future What may be and what will be, a better world that is busy being born Always unfolding and changing in the pattern of chaos and intention Her very existence is a work of art of the highest order of beauty Purity of soul and body and spirit always changing, becoming, living The fire of her mind penetrates and burns my masks to ashes — Holy Desire to know her better and to learn her thoughts and perspective On every matter of thing in the world, and in her mind, and everywhere A foundation for my own understanding of the universe and life Love lives on, no matter how much time passes, no matter how many mistakes Bad judgments you make — There is always hope of a new brighter day The sun rises and the past fades a little more into obscurity — Healing Your body, mind, and spirit — And while she sleeps her true form shows The light in her eyes spreads out to the rest of her face — Peace And happiness I am happy to see, perhaps in some small part because of me In the night I held her in my arms, and it was something like heaven A secret that we never talked about afterwards, yet thought about I held her hand and felt a deep sense of belonging, of coming home My quest to find the center of myself would not be possible without her I owe my strength and determination to her influence and presence in my life Full of music and magic, peace and understanding — Bliss, love, and freedom Genetraix: Process of Life ***** The Mind of Nature Global warming is real — fact not fiction, yet strange The beautiful storms of change, intense and wild Floods and wildfires threatening the vulnerable Those in the desert are even more thirsty for water The butterfly says to let the outside in and the inside out Let the wind blow through your heart and breathe deep The presence of the sun shows through closed eyelids Progressive cultural evolution for humanity is necessary The moon and stars and visible planets are a beautiful example How to organize chaos — Hope in the midst of violent conflict Mind and consciousness shared by all beings in the universe Perception that helps create reality — Each influencing the other I tend my garden and find comfort in the smell of rich earth and leaves A microcosm of my hope for humanity’s efforts to change the environment Each part and individual working for the benefit of the whole ecosystem The diversity of nature allowing for greater health and balance overall Consciousness rises from nature — Its history remains tied to the earth The combination of the water of life and the fertile soil creates beauty Lessons for humanity about the patterns of interdependence in the universe The spiral and the circle of creation, preservation, change, desire, becoming Everything is transforming into something else, yet essence remains the same The wind spreads seeds within the garden and also to other faraway places The world is a garden too, and the wind shares without distinction for nationality The rain allows for new life to begin, and consciousness to flower inside the mind Like plants and animals, people are constantly making love and fighting each other But with hope, conflict will be more about words and ideas instead of physical violence The cities of light and darkness, the forests and oceans, the blood and passion flow But we should let each other live, for we are all unique though essentially the same Looking out the eastern and western windows in morning and night — Duality of time Accepting the space around us — Working to change the future but accepting the past The crossroads allows for us to change our lives and choose which way we want to go And it is never too late to change our minds and follow a different path, another destination I pass by a beautiful woman on a forest trail — She is bending down to smell the wildflowers For years I will think of her and wish I had stopped to say hello and see what she sees She smiles at me and her eyes are full of light but also very dark — Duality of being alive A fire rises in my heart and I cannot help but smile in return — We will always be connected In the same bed, I put my arm around her and breathe in the natural fragrance of her beauty I cannot go to sleep no matter how hard I try, and time seems to stand still, but I am happy To be close to her, to feel her presence blurring the boundaries between our bodies and minds She turns over and our foreheads touch for a long time, and our breath becomes entwined You are a manifestation of the divinity present and indwelling in the self-aware universe You are a star given human form — Light in the darkness — Mirror of cosmic consciousness Dream of Music, Time, Love ***** The Water of Life Worshipping the earth, the smell of humus, rain Finding love and peace in the stillness of morning Gardens of mind and body give hope to sick friends They heal by making their surroundings a beautiful place Through perception and understanding, and the right force To make the world fit your will, your will the universe To search for someone who dreams the same visions as you Or at least similar enough so that you have some understanding It helps me accept that people I love are not doing well A way to make some kind of a connection with the universe And perhaps my work will bring some joy to the people I care about And what I learn I can teach others, and help my friends live better When the rain comes, it washes my soul and gives life to the soil The seeds I plant grow into beautiful creatures and friends The whole world is a garden, and yet each place is different Each smaller garden within the whole has its own unique beauty Consciousness pervades nature, and the universe is self-aware The garden of your mind goes on forever, just like the cosmos We each have the opportunity to share our vision and dream together The trick is finding the right person to love more than others Blessings of nature and the divine indwelling mind of the universe The force of attraction and the coming together of disparate parts There are ways we can be better stewards of the earth, water, and sky Though things are getting better, there is much left to be done Paradise Dream Map River Garden Temple House Mountains ***** Flower of Life Truth is the most important thing — Making sense of chaos Order and a way of discovering your place in the universe Consciousness and understanding can flower in every mind Part of the soul of the universe subjectively experiencing itself Organization Pattern of Chaos ***** Earth Family The ones you think about, the ones you love most, for better or worse They can be the source of your inspiration or a cause for despair My friends are closer to me than biology — Blood and bone are secondary We would be nothing without our parents and grandparents — And yet It is warm in the sunlight and cool in the shade — You can choose Your family if you are willing to look beyond the chains of your past I may not be able to forget you, but the least I can do is try to forgive Myself — We have all made some positive impact in someone’s life New Spirit Truth Love Beauty ***** The Sleeper Awakens Some are frightened by the shadow inside them Others learn to accept and cultivate their dark half Even the least attractive part of our minds have value The sleeper must awaken — both the good and evil By transcending our shadow we become whole — At home with ourselves, without fear or apprehension In this new world, it snows at the beginning of the spring equinox Then I pause and reflect on my past and desires for the future For all who seek truth to find balance between dark and light Trusting love — Both angels and demons sleep within the deep Places of our souls — our minds give rise to them when we need them Even when we don’t want anyone, especially then, they appear Friends who help us back on the right track, or to keep going On the right one — Beyond limited definitions of family, they are Closer than blood, a way of understanding your place in the universe A reminder that you are beautiful and unique and not ever alone Lotus Reflection Blue Magic Complexity ***** Emperor of a World Yet -- There are always some who resist a tyrant of any kind No matter how enlightened the policies -- Comfortable the citizens The trick is to use the political process whenever possible Create a coalition, a movement of revolutionaries to reach the majority Give the minority enough not to complain, and the reactionaries nothing Except kind words and a sincere effort to explain the progress of history But those who want things to go back to the old ways will always protest Everyone can find reason to complain if they think it will take them somewhere They want to go -- Especially back to old prejudice, injustice, and inequality So you may be an emperor of a world, but not the only one, not the only world You are best served not to ever claim complete control or even desire it Encourage individuality, serving enlightened interests for the good of all A leader should not be a tyrant, if only for practical reasons, and less grief History teaches us that they do not end well, no matter how good and popular They are -- Necessary sometimes in times of crisis -- Opportunity and danger The development of human culture should have outgrown petty differences Yet here we all are -- Still dealing with the same issues as past generations Reactionaries still want us to go back to the past, and revolutionaries the future Balance must be found between the opposing forces of change and order A new kind of understanding of the play of life, discovering the key to wisdom Finding bliss in knowledge and action directed toward improving life for everyone Trusting the perseverance and prevalence of love, sweet and bitter love Heart Compassion Joy ***** Wizards of Light If one knows where to look for the doorway or window -- the way to elsewheres Other planets, other dimensions, other realities -- close and yet an infinite distance A meeting point where beings from different places and times come together to talk To share information, strategies, coordinate plans of thousands and millions of years Hidden by a great temperate rainforest and ancient mountains with many secrets One such city of doorways is home to a group of scholars of many races and backgrounds A center of learning and observation of the world outside the city’s boundaries A world named Earth by the billions of humans that call the planet home in 2013 AD Some fight to survive, but others hoard books and knowledge from many worlds Many times, helping when they can to move humanity towards a better tomorrow Aligned with spirits of nature, magical creatures that live in other dimensions of reality Against the forces of darkness, both in the world of humanity and in worlds beyond To put aside ancient conflicts between the forces of light, to find balance and harmony To focus on the darkness in everyone and the truly evil, to serve the force of life In all things, in all places, in all times -- the cosmic conflict between light and darkness Both on the individual level and the level of communities, planets, galaxies, universes Green Man Nature Spirit Friend Guardian Defender ***** Dragon He comes down from the mountain peak, threatening the farms and the school The White Tower stands and will not be broken even by a giant serpent -- Yet The crops and the people’s houses are not so strong -- The Wizards must act To protect their people’s livelihoods -- The ancient truce has been broken And when a hero has slain the dragon, young and foolish yet very powerful A greater power wakes in the mountains -- The Mother -- All must change Her terrible anger threatens all that the Wizards and the townspeople know Something must be done to appease her, to restore the peace of their world Dragon ***** The Forest Paradise The ways to the heart of the great temperate rainforest are limited from the cities A few old highways, less than there once were, a small method of keeping some part Of the old world the way it once was, before the great changes of the past 100 years So much has changed, humans spreading throughout the physical universe, Unlocking the secrets of the invisible universe within and outside each person The world united under one government, each old national enemy at peace with one another The people staying on Earth concentrate in ever larger cities fueled by free energy No more poverty, no need for injustice, plenty of food and clean water for all human beings All manner of new ways of travel -- Flying cars, high speed trains, personal spacecraft Those with a desire to see the preserved mountain forests of the old national park may do so There is even a single train line from Knoxville to the old small city of Sevierville For those who like to travel across the surface of the Earth, and watch the world change From new to old -- Yet even the old has changed, and would no doubt be unrecognizable To the people that lived there, here -- Generations before humans started exploring the stars Sailing the cosmic seas like ancient explorers of the old world, searching for new worlds For humanity to call home -- When our sun dies, as all stars must, billions of years from now Life will continue, as it always has and always will, using humans to seed new planets As the universe becomes ever more complex, yet even simpler, self-aware -- Perfect Multiversal Guardian ***** The Philosophy of Love Forgive yourself for past mistakes and bad judgments you have made Look to the future -- Positivity is essential for the continuation of life Without hope, how can any human being continue to live and learn? Even if only a faint glimmer of light, almost completely hidden under A veil of regrets, despair, sorrow -- But it can be lifted, if only For a little while, and life continues ever onwards -- We are all stars Players in our own games of love and life -- Games that are not games And the game of life that we all play together, whether we like it or not Finding joy and happiness wherever and whenever we can, with who we can Serving others in order to find what we are looking for -- The meaning of life Some kind of god or deity of the earth and sky and the universe of stars Traveling and making new homes on faraway planets, in our dreams One day we will look back on this time and see our old home earth Still there, still here, for us, all of us no matter how low or high we may seem No matter our mistakes and our triumphs -- We will be glad to have known This the first of many worlds, home planet for humanity, mother of us all Peace: First Day of Spring ***** Life Continues Ever Onwards No one is beyond redemption -- Nothing in this world is wasted Everything we do has purpose whether we know it or not The world is always beginning and continuing to be born again Constantly evolving towards new kinds of transformations We are all connected in our becoming, part of the universal mind All is one, yet different -- Everything is everything else, but distinct Becoming amidst being, creativity acting on receptivity, unity in duality The potential for transcendence and wisdom is inside each of us Through the mirror of our minds we can understand the language of love Oceans of life giving energy there for the taking and giving away -- Here Swimming, flying, walking -- Life continues ever onwards in its quest for perfection Searching always for balance, joy, happiness -- Reasons for living beyond just surviving Everything good and bad is part of life’s plan, a way for the cosmos to become better Through resolution of conflict, the good becomes more perfect and the bad fades away The Mind of a Peace Samurai Warrior ***** True Love Lost (Yet to Be Regained) Hundreds of versions of myself, spread out over many times and places -- All very similar Saying and doing the same things, though in slightly different situations -- Repetition, echo Some variations have their own personality, and provide guidance to me when I am silent Even if I do not actually follow their advice, they tell me what I should and should not do One with special experience in particular romance tells me not to try again with Helen Though there is chemistry, to be with her again would be very difficult, without much reward I find Sophia sitting with her childhood self, and close by is my own inner child -- Playing He teaches me how to be happy, for I have forgotten more than I can remember I teach him how to fly, or at least how to fall gracefully -- His future will require rising above I ask Sophia if she hears the echoes of her other selves, but she does not Her childhood self curses a lot -- An interesting pair we make, though contentious She comes close, but then leaves to be with Helen, and once again I am alone with myself One of Helen’s female lovers comes to say that I am still wanted by both Helen and Sophia But I do not want to go through the pain of seeing either of them with someone else So I write a poem and draw a picture and leave them in a package for Sophia to find Strangers try to keep me with them, which is flattering though I want to be with another My soul keeps getting caught in circles -- And my feet get stuck so I cannot leave Until I have listened to the music all the way through -- All the way around to the end The circle of life continues to turn, the records that make me happy also bring me sadness But I am learning, and it is possible to go back to the beginning again, if only in memory And there is always the possibility of finding true love, beyond compassion and empathy When I talk to Sophia, I tell her I love her and miss her -- Yet I am afraid to go to her Sometimes I disregard my own advice and try to find Helen, despite the pain and heartbreak I know that I am meant to be with one and not the other, but I am weak and uncertain also And I know that Sophia may not feel the same way about me that I feel about her A different kind of love, unpossessive and free from jealousy, at least most of the time Yet I still cannot help but hope that one day we'll be together, when I am a better person I know there will be heartbreak and loss and pain, but also some occasional contentment Even if I never see Sophia again, she will continue to be in my thoughts and dreams Portrait of the Artist ***** Song of Myself Everything allows us to perceive Reality cracks and divinity shining Hearts and minds becoming one Effulgent bliss surround hold protect Allow us dreams of heaven Experience underlying pattern of eternity From dark to light doorway Horror terror fear hate shame Your dreams can come true World conflict trial by fire Through danger appears strange heroes Spirit air water fire earth Blue red yellow green orange Every color and each element Initiation into the deep mysteries Dark shadow with magician hermit Danger for friends and family Refusal of call to adventure Banishment and beginning again again World salvation darkness to light Accept destiny water and drown Premonitions of shapes of things Places personalities masks and secrets Journey lessons learned and remembered Your true initiation never ends The basis of Greek-Roman-British culture Rational intuitive philosophy of knowledge Axiomatic yet imperfect vital humanism Out of all possible worlds This our mystery we know Beyond the edge of physics The universe stretches far forever There’s always more to come A stage dream constant rehearsal At the same time finished Flash of black or white Gold silver together at heart Always beginning in ending Other worlds and different times Related to earth and sky The planet we all share That which is everything With the most useful transcendence Mind remembers the future shadows Parallel planes bubbles and points Various multicolored gem worlds floating An unbroken circle and chain Happy to consider the wonders Grandeur and vastness of space Far and deep within and without Yet heart is the center Soul light wisdom air body Sky looks down and through Creates and reveals self discovery Spirit builds networks of consciousness Between different and separate lives Interpenetrating the lines limits horizons Overcoming understanding awareness of self Night longs to be real Harmony music of the cosmos Something special as a star Come join in healing growth Sorrow thorns hate fear self Shadow allow light to shine Through life endless star night Sadness flowers dance and forgive Beauty to behold one moment Time before you behind you Find anything worth dying for Live space to remember forgetting Sky purple water blue butterfly Despair and deception all conquering Love that binds the universe Force constant state of change Evolution transformation growth Mysterious Self World Unconscious Collective Knowledge Myth ***** Egypt Greece Rome Apollo and Isis belong together All their pain leads to growth transforming No suffering sadness sorrow except their own Peculiar perfect relation between opposites Everyone’s hidden secrets loves potentials Transcending overcoming fear envy meanness Towards more truth beauty light Sorrows reminding me of ancient mysteries Memories reflections mirrors of what once was Shall be given enough space idea time Beautiful night sky full of blinking worlds I awaken ready for always already every And all good things desire ending need Weight of past present future Speak truth beautiful even especially to shadows Dark help move beyond worry defeat horror Terrible mystery give form nothingness not afraid Once again realize the illusion surrounds us Disconnection fragmentation and despair Make belief dream become reality Similar simultaneous here and there Some point to words never Explain direct experience through stories Surrender to ways of otherness Stand beyond shadow fear doubt And awareness clarity vision stays Remember and you remain strong Open unblocked brilliant uncovered calm Again change yet stay radical essential romantic Bliss beings understanding themselves true conscious beautiful Magic of combination synthesis alchemy One out of many foundations for modernity And what will come after what is And what we least expect comes inside Hidden places we thought secret secure safe Always already loving you shadow and whole Makes complete the broken parts and pieces Thief warrior magician stranger outcast Hero of world and self and everywhere Between beyond within and without One story yet endless subjects perspectives experiences What allows breath flowering self Aware yet selfless lovely amazing Allows the one you want infinity worlds Allows forgotten moments to accept use discover Creates meaning and relationship understanding Evolving and moving and transforming World without end except only dimly remembered Beginning always again always beginning Preservation of knowledge wisdom beauty Through the never forgotten years eras histories Opposing justifying validating one another Within implicated hidden embedded throughout The great memory web of twin reflections Cosmos throughout and within stars Sun planet family mind energy body soul Yesterday the world came to a beginning Darkness and light we truly love learning We must choose what will be today Context meaning relationships now Three acts in one play of life spiral wheel Labyrinth Duality Perfection Balance Deep Good Life Flowing Growing Loving ***** Woman of My Dreams I love even your dark shadow half An extension of myself, the garden earth And I need you far more than you need me I work and never seem to finish completely Small successes and occasional growth Keep going ever onwards towards Until weeds come back, and I realize their use What I disliked I have now become I am the outcast ostracized from belief Ignorance disguised as absolute truth I shake out the dirt from each harvested plant I use what is left in the big compost pile The healthy plants aerate the soil and grow before dying Adding their nutrients back into the circle Cycle garden canvas never finished only begun Eternally or for as long as the sun shines The grass grows and the wind blows Great satisfaction contained within every day’s work Enjoy the fruits of your labor and your love I have cultivated plants and they changed me too The soil relationship between landscapes and humans I want to give you everything you need Not just to survive, but to thrive Not just use but cooperate with nature Spread the seeds of wilderness and growth Appease the voracious appetites of the humans Many I want to have and help to spread Many are good to eat and work as medicine Give back more than they take from the cycle Grass and trees and flowers all working and eating Adding and multiplying each and everything important Breaking the rocks to provide foundational elements When balanced the forces work and eat together Cooperating and not just competing for scarcity When in balance I am at peace with myself Within the world surrounding me Shadow Light Process Life Organic Growth Change ***** Synchronous Global Vision “When the world turns, turn into me,” you say Allow me the pleasure of warm loving arms Hard to cope without nearness Fantasies and alternative imaginative realities Another earth in another universe Sun stars rare archetypes of the soul Treasure of wisdom jewel of understanding Compassion and connections multiple worlds Creating relatives of divinity parenting Dark age reason logic against belief myth Even within systems of control Seeds of revolution grow constantly Chaotic dark stars dancing, Nietzsche and Kant together Interplay of light and darkness within Abraxas Pattern true existence balance between Chaos and order, and complexity and simplicity The psyche in creative control and structured novelty Power given and taken along with love and sex Combination and creation of new idea generations Give you me we each other how No one really knows everything What the totality and which the path When differences and multiple perspectives Who changes and stays in the middle Cosmological evolution on a grand epic scale Viruses plagues and unsustainable cities Across ocean multiverses civilization spreads Agreements for exploitation of nature God and Goddess image stamped on currency Material energy numbers and networks The alchemical twin serpent Ouroboros Reconcile the seemingly opposing sides The unconscious makes itself known Dreams and intimations visions otherness Converse contrast the bridge crossroads Individual and universal emotional intelligence The eternal mind transcends yet stays within Background and foreground everywhere between Talk to angels and demons, God within Find Him/Her/It/Them/Yourself dreaming Adrift in the cosmic ocean of light Try to understand the truth and beauty Remember the balance and peace Peace be upon my brothers and sisters And above all remember to trust yourself Song of One in Two and Two in One ***** Shared Destiny Tears fall like rain, souls falling to earth from Sky reborn below to remember who they really are Star eye pyramid Horus elegant abstract creations Ancient mystery makes the world from song and poetry Shadows of future possibilities inspire great workings Remembrances of the best of what has come create Artemis Sophia Athena reflected and reborn forever Eternally recurring patterns of life ever transforming Evolving towards novelty wisdom of ancient myths Sensual sadness beauty blood blue sorrow somnolent Rose lavender sage trinity circles and triangles Questions answers lies and truth beauty love Garden moon planets and phases movement change Expansive wilderness waterfall rock bridge Forest trial and initiation through darkness storms We run together over and up and around mountains Life beautiful ease of overflowing eternal light Sun rises and sets always to be trusted followed The youngest of our family jumped into deep water At first I am worried about him alone in the river Away from the home I have known all my life Athens Babylon Alexandria cities of great knowledge and wisdom Streets with great golden automatons and transhuman soul bodies My vision conflicts with my biological family, father and mother I fashion a sailing ship and ready provisions A long journey I expect perhaps many days travel My true family accepted my attachment to the missing one They did not try to stop me from going on my quest We shared dreams and visions of what would be The golden spirits talked to me in wind whispers We prepare to sail together to find our missing brothers and sisters Magic Is Not Just Possible, But Necessary ***** Balance Self World Universe Who dreams awake singing poetry Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony -- Ode to Joy Ever expanding galaxies, clusters, universes Confidence step through open door into darkness You wait in the light on the other side Tunnel through the underworld below the bridge Body mind soul integrates wheel of life Time track and world train travel through cosmic oceans Everyone’s world can be different, always looking Someone shares world with me Some people let me be part of their worldview Umwelt semiosphere constructed and created Fluid creativity design chaos structures Balance vision clarity with reason Emotional truth and beauty together With philosophy and scientific materialism Create landscapes mind soul body External environment mirroring the internal Worlds within individuals project outward Create the shared world we all must live in Together the forces energies designs ideas beliefs Knowledge is not enough, yet certainly helps Breath of life and force of consciousness Manifest goodness measured in symmetry Meaning relational context and growth Transformation journeys personal and universal Memory understanding love carry with us always With or without others’ worlds and worldviews Once again, be careful when you come close Edge of the world and the cosmic river ocean End is beginning anew life soul consciousness Bounded but not limited universes without end “Please tell me why are we here,” you say “Why are we here now and always?” I respond Always more of everything hard and easy Breaking rules and restrictions and promises Mistaken words and silent kisses and sighs Neck bites and blood flowing within hearts Bodies minds souls together and yet apart Pleasure and pain unite then separate again Mouth tongue and voice golden sound whisper Sun life flow your blue white green dragon heart Temples pillars bedposts everyone’s rest and restraints Desire dream despair destruction delight destiny death Parts of the universal story and each individual storyteller Fractal Mandala Flower of Life ***** Future Waxing Gibbous Beautiful moon bright sky night stars clouds river life cosmos infinity ocean Past tunnel chaotic dark heart dancing artist water Bodhisattva Present now loving compassion goddess vision mountain Evolution symmetry pattern fractal mandala flower open Revolution above below within force energy listening Season movement change unity presence binding space time reflection Calendar year victory comedy defeat joy food growing family Generations primordial building moments farmer machines people Development now there is other time hands extensions technologies Clustering what has come before and there is method Spiral riding wave labyrinth nature cycle time Dance monsters we meet are ourselves mirror man woman Sing passion knowing hope necessary lovers light and dark Maybe more know they exist underworld all suns morning Love light sloping culture humanity night longing Shining star before after we embrace rising east truth beauty good Careful world mechanical atomic fragmentation recurrent novelty Animals within my heart within internal external differences unity Systems expand shadow evil great opposition myth eternal conflict Automatic and yesterday I held another inside my hands Cities I felt ripen fall nothing meaning everything relationship Farms swollen rotten fruit work change spring House we were the same just as we are now consciousness Robots and by helping I am remembering my responsibility Bodies I felt new understanding heart awareness Spirit and the white light that healed me love Conscience protection of breath shared destiny of humanity Memory and there is no way I could have lived without Personality you believe masks images attempt waking sleep dreaming Guided meditation peace energy I lay another bed down Floor balance nutrients into clear bright night sky full moon stars Water shining for you transform Wind everyone who c