Deserving

My birthday cake at the farewell ceilidh a week before leaving Scotland,

created my Rosie Burgess

Deserving

8/8/09

Birthday celebrations bring focus

on an individual's place

among friends, family, society,

it heralds their goodness,

the verified positive effect

from those they've touched

mostly influenced with love,

that years of experiences

discovering and knowing nuances

has seated appreciation deep

in their shared heart

colored by stories galore

often trying times dispensed

into annuals of legend,

how one faced demons

rose when thought beaten

healed from mortal blow

a phoenix from ashes,

balanced by grand events

forms of passage, initiation,

marvel participated in together

counting blessings and miracles,

ways everyone has grown

becoming more than before,

accompanied by disturbing twinge

making present moment bittersweet,

 deserving accolades, after death.

Chapel w/Celtic influence

 Compton, Surrey, England

Dying to Revive

4/10/09

It's an odd paradox,

perhaps all are such,

this life cycle event

born out in nature

that death makes room

for new to come,

gardeners know it's true

anyone who observes ecology

watching ecosystems regenerate life

are not really surprised

humans are effected also

in process of maturation,

childhood toys are abandoned

clothes no longer fit,

thoughts, consciousness, simply expand,

some good things misplaced,

play, curiosity, flexibility, awe,

adventure, creativity, freedom, wonder,

yet transitions continue unabated

using an inner timetable,

subtle clockwork tumbler mechanism,

which is rarely understood

while falling into place,

not happening until ready,

where present becomes past

given up for 'next',

dying, to revive living.