Wednesday, April 13, 2011

pocket change & the bank of light...

the far, faraway silhouette
of turkey's mountain landscape
forms the piggy bank slot
for a great hand to deposit...
every morning..
a copper-red gleaming coin
into this skyline cache..
it clinks into the bowl of our lives ..
silently
though a surrounding chorus of hallelujahs rejoice..
rising higher and growing pale ..
into the gold.. then the vivid, illuminating yellow-white
the morning light..a day funded with sun..
vibrant, glimmering with mystery

as the sun sets ... our bank teller
drops the garnet red piece
into that slot of the western horizon...
now we are in the black..
resting in the rich, dark night that waits
whilst the recipient of the sun coin..
rides into red to forge the day awake ..

each and every day ..
we go from wealth to waiting..
we ease away from activity
to hollow out our experiences,
to empty our pockets..
our hands, our hearts..
cashing in the day's currency..
willing to begin again..fresh..
with empty purse and open palm..
to receive with gratitude..
the treasure of the gracious dawn..
that brief wee moment that is a day..

we are with each other for a short time only ~
jingling, jangling..
coinage rubbing together
we spend ourselves wisely..or not..

a hand stretched..
the coin purse ready for the weight..
the gift..
once more..
offering everything..
chink!

gayatri mantra :
AUM BHOOR BHUWAH SWAHA,
TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM
BHARGO DEVASAYA DHEEMAHI
DHIYO YO NAHA PRACHODAYAT


you, who are the source of all power,
whose rays illuminate the whole world;
illuminate also my heart ~
that it too, can do your work..

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