Friday, January 7, 2011

The Beat Goes On

The beat goes on
My heart in time with Creation
Tries to race ahead in useless pursuit
A Self-indulgent and spoiled child
Barely remembering to listen 
To Be

The beat goes on
In spite of depleted and dilapidated dreams
It steadily metes out the measure of lives
Moments slip into days and years
Am I listening?

The beat goes on
Regardless of joy and the desperate grasping
To grab hold of honey-steeped moments
Lingering too long
Sweetness turns to vinegar
Move on, Daughter of God

The beat goes on
 Tumbled into the sea of want and love and Maya
Ours is to dance;
The beat of life’s eternal Source pounds in our feet
The Bhindu in the Heart that breathes every atom
Bedazzles with azure and vermillion skies

The beat goes on
It does not wait nor sit idle
While I contemplate the value of actions
Shooting arrows from the quiver of my desires
Into the heart of manifestation
I dance with what emerges

The beat goes on
It does not slow for me to figure it out
To cast aside regret or wishful thinking
It patiently reminds me with every universal thrum
Now is all there is; what will I make of it?

The beat goes on
Will I love more?  Cherish more?
Laugh more?  Want more?
Yearn more?  Ache more?
Will I awaken and know?

The beat goes on
Eternity can afford infinite patience
With a wayward daughter
Meandering and sometimes lost on her way home


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