loving lupita children of stars

 

 

Francisco de Zurbaran

 

 

Tonight I walked,
lost in my own meditation,
and was afraid,
not of the labyrinth
that I have made of love and self
but of the dark and faraway.
I walked, hearing the wind in the trees,
feeling the cold against my skin,
but what I dwelled on
were the stars blazing
in the immense arc of sky.

Jessica, it is so much easier
to think of our lives,
as we move under the brief luster of leaves,
loving what we have,
than to think of how it is
such small beings as we
travel in the dark
with no visible way
or end in sight.

Yet there were times I remember
under the same sky
when the body's bones became light
and the wound of the skull
opened to receive
the cold rays of the cosmos,
and were, for an instant,
themselves the cosmos,
there were times when I could believe
we were the children of stars
and our words were made of the same
dust that flames in space,
times when I could feel in the lightness of breath
the weight of a whole day
come to rest.

But tonight
it is different.
Afraid of the dark
in which we drift or vanish altogether,
I imagine a light
that would not let us stray too far apart,
a secret moon or mirror,
a sheet of paper,
something you could carry
in the dark
when I am away.

 mark strand

 

it is simply day two and already the light is growing.

we wake under the same dark of early morning

and move purposefully

from the warm sheets of dreaming

to arrive before the last stars bow to the birth of a new day.

i rise to meet you here.

already

this practice of walking together with

" a light that would not let us stay too far apart"

has transformed my world.

xo

 

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Comments

[Magical Mystical Teacher]

With you, and others, I celebrate the transformative power of light.

[gemma]

Love us walking together in light, holding hearts and hands and Mary LOVE.

[Hettienne Grobler]

She has brought us together once again - such a blessing

[Annie]

Blessings to you, Rebecca, as the light shows you the way.

[Paula Scott]

And I rise to greet you and all others who are here in the light of each new day!

[Constanza]

I remember seeing Zurbaran's paintings in The Prado museum and being
Overwhelmed with the sheer size! He is famous for his
perfection in painting fabric. I also loved Murillo.

[Ruby]

Hello Rebecca, thanks for the kind invitation,but I don't have a feeling to take part this year.
I will of course be following along.....

Blessings and all best wishes!

[Lea]

I so love these days... anticipating the return of the light, savoring the dark, knowing that it prepares for the seed of all beginnings... that pinpoint of light that crescendos into our heart of hearts...

[Yoli Manzo]

Hola Rebecca,

I will try and make a few posts. I will be leaving on Friday to SMA. Thanks again for the recommendation. We will be staying at Gina's Casa. :-). I a so thrilled to be there to honor La Virgen's birthday. :-)

[Fran aka Redondowriter]

Still catching up. Thanks so much for hosting us again, Rebecca.