The Lighthouse
I was thinking about lighthouses. I know, right? I tend to think a lot. What is the purpose of a lighthouse? To light the way for the ships that are lost at sea to...
2020: Una Sacudida
I want someone to explain to me
what’s up with this year;
a lot of crazy stuff is going on –
a global pandemic, protests,
antagonistic politics. California on fire,
front page news two days ago –
our county had...
A New Roadside Litter
Years ago, I’d leave the house
each morning at seven
to meet my friends
to hike our lovely hills.
On Wednesdays, the day
the trash truck came,
I would take a plastic bag
to pick up any roadside litter
along the way.
Those...
Audio Birds
The birds in your audio are
chirping in sync
with the birds outside of mine.
The black lab snores while she too
wishes we
were not
home.
Pacing slumps
from room to room looking for
a six foot space
for air
for love, tired love.
for...
Evolution of Consciousness
Evolutionary Consciousness
brings
"Shedding of our skins"
unearthing great fear
As we grip onto
all that is Mine
Our mummified states bound and held by
endless confirming of a Me
Our...
I Stand Solo
I've been beaten down inside
But I stand up and face the world
I've been scolded in front of others
But I stand with my head high
I've been called unpleasant names
But I return the favor not
I've been...
Be Rebellious
Be rebellious,
to know your creed.
Be rebellious,
to read your soul.
Be rebellious,
to find the mysteries.
Be rebellious,
to know your Lord.
– Talha Umer
Chrysalis Soup
I can no longer tell Light from Shadow
What was Black is now White
The Left has now become Right
What’s Right is no longer Wrong
and how can it be that what is Wrong
is Right?
Who knows which...
Broken Together
Breaking away from what feels
Familiar and normal
How can anything be real?
If only then are we free to roam
This world completely uninhibited
And free to falter to the ground
Unscathed
As if I saw my own
Shadow
Peering through to...
Hell in Disguise
Where dwellers are the Adam’s posteriors.
Where inferiors are the sinners.
Where instincts are the evilers.
Where sentiments are the tormenters.
Where norms are the confiners.
Where expositors are the arbiters.
– Talha Umer
Soul’s Enlightenment
A soul wants to be enlightened...
And, the soul's enlightenment is only by wounds.
But he is afraid of deep scars;
that would leave by wounds.
He needs some patience,
to wash the dust of ignorance.
And, he would find...
Yes, Trees Talk – Here’s the Wisdom They Share with Us
I was hanging out in Mother Nature, spending time exploring deep within the acreage of the nearby St. Croix State Park near Hinkley in Minnesota.It was a gorgeous fall day and I settled down...
Liar, Liar!
Liar, Liar
She hollered
You're a liar!
As I watched her run away from herself
Her ego too afraid to admit the truth
The truth in front of her
She wants not to see
Truth be known
I will be a liar...
Appearances
Faith flees and returns,
Some errant leaf on wind.
Same as a sun ray pinpoints
One clump of snow in a tree’s crook,
Full moon on snowy front lawn.
One blue jay on a branch.
Wild turkey in the wood,
Huge...
Foundation of Grace
Being new in the world is a fabulous thing
Enter with grace and continue on that basis
Allow the world to help find ways of being
It's ok to strive to raise yourself up
Step softly and scan...
Sailing the Seven Seas of Life
An Essays From the book - The Joys of Live Alchemy by Michael Levy
When we arrive into this world, we enter as a ship that navigates by the forces of nature and propelled by...
