Die Without Dying

If you could die without dying
Would you try it
End the drama of this life
As you quietly sit

Opt out of your thoughts
Opt out of emotions
Stay with your body
And feel it’s sensations

Then feel the space
That makes up your body
Which to your eye
Appears solid and sturdy

Enter that space
And choose to be free
Expand into infinity
As the space you be

You can no longer be hurt
When you become space
Daggers will pass through
And leave no trace

You will feel no pain
When someone is mean
By offering no resistance
You remain empty and clean

When you exist as space
You have nothing to lose
You can return to solidity
Whenever you choose

If you could die without dying
Would you choose it
Pause the drama of this life
At least for a bit

As the Earth Pulses

Nature, I don't get your logic
Not always at least
Why make a flower that wilts
Or an animal that is a beast

We make flowers that keep
We like harmless animals to pet
We like our pathways dry
Not slushy, slippery and wet

You are changing all the time
In cycles and pulsing beats
Life, death, creation, destruction
Form the basis of your tweets

But You have your own rhythm
A pulse that works for you
So maybe instead of resisting
I could adopt that pulse too

If I am part of You
Your heartbeat is also mine
Maybe I could drop logic
And just let my heart fall in line

Nature, I will not resist you
Earth, I’m a facet of you
So as you guide the flowers
Guide my life-cycle too

I will stop complaining
I will stop asking why
I am ending the futile struggle
That only leads me to cry

I’ve noted I am always happier
When the Earth and me is one
So why live in separation
Being Earth is way more fun

Portals into the Infinite

Admire a beautiful flower
Feel it’s petal’s softness
It’s folds and dainty curves
And soak in it’s tenderness

Lie on the wet grass
Feel the life in it’s wildness
Touch it’s elegant blades
And melt into it’s gladness

Gaze into an animal’s eyes
Acknowledge what it says
Receive the gift it gives
In silent wordless ways

Look at the starry sky
Stay with the awe it brings
Hear the music of the universe
Feel the joy with which it sings

Touch the mud beneath your feet
Feel the heartbeat of the earth
Dance to the rhythm of the planet
And join in with nature’s mirth

There are so many portals here
Portals into the infinite
Portals waiting to take you
Into your own heart’s delight