old and New

too many bugs

colliding with our windshields

too much sludge

gumming up our gears

too many bees

buzzing in our brains

too much disease

bottling up our lives

but there is always

One Source

to which we can return

from which we can discern

some sense of Center

in the midst

of the cacophony

some new Lens created

in the eye

of the storm

some new Vision consecrated

of the bees

forming the Hive

creating the Comb

which enables our ecosystem

(and psycho-system)

to sweetly survive

and of disease

swarming our senses

until we are senseless

and powerless enough

to take the dive

and allow the Source

to reveal new ways

to keep our Bodies

and Souls alive

and empower our Hopes

to tranformatively thrive

and to energize

our Creativity

and Compassion

to fashion the Way

that's broad as Infinity

and bright as Day

and far from fear

that we can travel

with fluidity of gears

and sight that's true

and free and clear

to encourage us

to flex with change

and face the snakes

and celebrate the expansion

of capacities

in our characters

the multiplicities

of our quirks

and our quarks

the shedding

of old skins

the popping

of old corks

the releasing

of eternal Spirits

revealing and reveling

in the New.

#Eastertide2021 #MayDay2021 #ReturningToTheOneSourceAlwaysAvailableToUs #CreatingTheLensThroughWhichWeViewOurLives #WeAreEnough #ThereIsEnough

('Tender Beams' © Isabel Nolan)