This earth vessel
Gives the illusion
Of density & darkness
As we stumble
Through ancestral amnesia
Rumors maliciously spread by patriarchy
As the sin of Eve
Oh, duality.
Falling from the sky
We are stardust
As Joni Sang
luminosity made manifest
in this dance of heaven on earth
our original essence
encoded in DNA
We have wandered for eons
Entrapped in dark corners
Of false indoctrination
Dead end streets of egoic defamations
Throwing shade at each other
Looking for ways
To let the Light in
Through self-imposed exile
From Love
The myths of separation
Blamed on getting kicked out
of the garden
Etched upon our innocent minds
Keep us stumbling in the shadows
Until something cracks us open
We dwell in the darkness
Drinking in disgrace
Until we realize
We have not been buried
But planted like a seed
To rise to the Sun’s face
Our roots must be deep
Resilience instilled
by the push and pull of the wind
Because we have forgotten
Our original nature
Pain is that jarred door
We use to push through
In exhaustion
So glimmers can sneak in
Rough edges of life
Scrape upon our psyche
Yet It doesn’t have
To be so dramatic
Although that seems to be
The game
We all play
The armor of excuses
Built upon Styrofoam power
3D quicksand of conformity
suffocates authenticity
Barricades us from the Truth
Feeding the false stories
Keep us tripping
Projecting
Resisting
If only we would simply pause
In the moment
Cherish the offerings before us
Grief
Anguish
Longing
Frustration
Curiosity
Kindness
Sensuality
Creativity
And more….
As the textures, hues, dimensions of our humanity
That express our divinity
Along this winding road
Called Earth.
Reach back into your memory
Those quiet moments
When time stood still
Even in the midst of chaos
when the gossamer veil appeared
the mist of silence enveloped you in Grace
the edge of your breath
met the farthest reach
of the Universe
withIN
For a moment
A brief glimpse
Of the Light
Annointing you
Awakening
what was already there
Tuned in
Turned on
By….
A kiss
A hello
An opening of a door
A hug
A smile
An ounce of respect
A sunset
A Butterfly
An outrageous burst of a child’s laughter
A storm
A dance
The exquisite caress of a lover
Moments that stir us out
Of the complacency of confusion
of the illusion
Into the Holy Awareness
Of the Presence
In the present
That’s when we remember
Love is the key
That opens all possibilities
Where pain is no longer the game
Connection requires compassion
IN clarity
We see the Divine Light
In each other’s eyes and smiles
In reverence
We bow
To the Infinite Love within
One another.
It’s not about letting Light IN
Or figuring out how it gets in
The revolving door is always there
On the altar of our heart
As Hafiz and Rumi remind us
Light in
Light Out
Never depleted
Or defeated
Source Energy infinitely
Flowing
As a cascading waterfall of Truth
Love
the secret code
of awakening
is this dance of reciprocity
heals the blindness
cures the dementia of divisions
keeps the heart open
so GOD can lean into us
Candles lit by each other’s tenderness
Illuminates the way
We are LIT UP
Like a firefly’s hiney
So bright
So shiny
As we begin to live in the wonder
and awe of each other
we are lit up from within
we rise up, like the flower that kisses the sky
we drop the tired, old stories
we finally see the Glory of the Divine
as ALL.
Veronica Valles
June 28, 2020
Inspired by Azure Antoinette's Prompt on Instagram - "That's How the Light Gets In" - @tellhersummit