to the island
is currently impassable
because the tides
have risen too high
and the currents
have flooded over
the pathway
to the island
making it impossible
to cross over
and in these days
where horrendous terrors
(threatened and enacted)
have infiltrated the Waters
creating tumultuous torrents
that are flooding over
all accustomed Ways
to bridge chasms
of disorienting disconnection
for all the ways
we may have reason
in this frightening season
to want to hide
in delightful disconnection
neatly tucked away
on an island
of fearful denial
the more Primal
and pressing Calling
can still be heard
through the whistling
of the Wind
over the Waters
and the singing
of the Birds
in the Trees
as their sighs
and cries harmonize
in the Breeze
that gently frees Us
to see the Reality
that even in times
when the repressive tides
of unjust discrimination
and inhumane persecution
and insane degradation
of Creations and Creation
have risen to hide
our innate capacity
to Peacefully Abide
as uniquely blended
and bonded Beloveds
there remains Reason
to trust the sense
that the Presence
of Cosmic Connection
is still there
the Divine Pathway
to the Sacred Island
that's seemingly impassable
continues to exist
like the resilient Rocks
beneath the irrepressible Flow
(even as It ebbs
in Its unpredictable
and inimitable Swell)
and so perhaps
the pressing Calling
(at least for Now)
is to allow
the island
to simply Be
an island
and not allow
my Self
to become one
as well...
Thanks.
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