ALL IS ILLUMINATED

all is illuminated

within kaleidoscopic flows

i let it all go

and dance

with every breath

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dancing in presence

i groove

without friction

ablaze with light

fluid and free

dancing in

the delicacies

of this moment

grooving

with this wholeness

full of everything and nothing

and dive

into its sublime wilderness

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dancing

i groove

within the melodies

of translucent currents

meandering

as open horizons

of days and nights

revolve into each other

into me

and here i am

grooving

as a rushing river

of galactic diamonds

shimmer

dazzling my eyes

spilling gently into me

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i groove

with revolving planets

buoyant in the

sun’s sea of gravity

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i groove

with the jeweled earth

with its spinning and spinning

seasonal tides

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i groove

with the fluidity of

the ecological artistry

painting with the grandest

of brush strokes

landscapes of rock and water

and sublime living tapestries

of flora and fauna

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i dive into

exploring

grooving

with ancient forests

aged with the mists of time

gowning continents

in rhythmic circles

painting mandalas

with their autumn pallets

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i groove

with serpentine streams

cascading down mountains

carving through valleys

arching their way back

into their ocean womb

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i groove

into powers of mist

and it’s rush

of rain, ice, and snow

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i groove

into the quilt

of desert colors

and melt into

the harsh complexity

of its unforgiving beauty

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i groove

into the

wonders of grasslands

filled with the

grace of wildflowers

and flow into the poems

that slip upon

edges

and contours

that whirl and wave

with the wandering winds

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i groove

within strands and tentacles

branches and roots

of flora and fauna

of fungi and bacteria

of energy undivided

and share and release

myself with all

and i find that

here it all lies

within the

open horizons

of myself

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all is illuminated

i let it all go

i groove

into the ecology of

geometry and artistry

the spires of architecture

splitting the sky

the throngs

and eloquence of people

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i groove

as i walk through mazes

woven through invisible cities

and the garden

of forsaken paths

i drink in dark caverns

mulling over leaves of grass

and count to 12 and dine in stillness

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i groove

within cathedrals

filled with

symphonies of joy

and the intensity of a requiem

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i take a walk down a bridge

on brandenburg and 59th street

while thinking

of three questions

until i arrive at golden gate park

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i sit while

lazy clouds parade

around a deep blue sky

and notice rabbits

of watership down

contemplating community

while mary oliver, Jung,

lao tzu, angela davis,

campbell and tubman

circle in dialogue

i pass through

days and nights

other lifetimes

where oceanic mythologies

mingle with the present

where jazz and blues pulsate

as invisible melodies

of compassion

curls through these winding streets

as i wander

i catch eyes

with my heart of gold

and listen to three little birds

weave the here and now

i carry on the primordial beats

of uncle john’s band and

and take a ride along thunder road

as i walk

the rain pours down

and i find shelter

in the folk songs

that flow through this land

i observe people crying out

rising to the surface

of a silent spring

a call to let freedom ring

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so i continue

to play and

let it all go

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i groove

into the wildness

of it all

as a living testament

of the

universal tapestry

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i groove

into the moment of conception

the birth of a moment

the birth of life

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i groove

into the moment of death

the endings and unknowns

burning out like flames

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i groove

mellow and free

whether playing

in the drama of

this society

or serene and present

in the cosmic bath

i flow in this joy

i stop and gaze

breathing in and out

wonder

that weaves and flows

through this

utter stillness

in this flow

i see there lies nothing but now

and as i

continue to dance

grooving with both old and young

rich and poor

plant and animal

i lift my voice

and join with theirs

and underneath

an answer blows in the wind

blowing always

within myself

and i see that even

in all these things

beyond the expressions and ideas

assumptions and beliefs

is emptiness

and i see

that the flow moves

under it

through it

with it

along it

beyond it

for nothing

can ever

contain it

and i find that

here it all lies

within the open horizons

of myself