Poetry for the Inner Ear

  let not past blunder frustrate us to quit: impossible is possible   good health from temperance   planting more trees:   path forward to defeat disease

  bleeding heart happy with such fancies king will amaze me today things will go better tomorrow   pining for tranquility grant grace to hear thy voice ere sharks arrive

 better than angel beloved of my soul advises immolate your own will to regain lost paradise quest for eternal light hostile powers terrified me: I trusted merciful lord and received truth

  Lustrous image of my lord I saw in pure waters of sacred river: Ethereal pearl flows to devotee   Out of tune with five elements We like coarser pleasures Unaware of hell roars beneath five elements: earth, water, fire, sky, air

 being in agony dreadful monster disease: figure of  world's dark side may holy spirit restore us to good health pray to lord of love during global pandemic grant thy kind mercy to us   

 all paths barred to us desperately ill and life in danger: we thirst for an angel of pure joy inward eye of  charity irradiates our planet with love: sacred space is created by what we give

  yoga helped win the battle reach nirvana attended by rose the spring will soon be here   flowery greens change stubborn tyrant: feeling ashamed of himself

  sharing suffering of others helps us handle the storm aspiring to perfection filling cups with holy   water as mysterious deity’s meals I gaze at space between breaths

 In his will is our peace (Dante) waking or sleep I count my blessings and thank my master regardless of whate’er adversary does create another dawn on troubled earth where coronavirus has no dominion where we sit quietly in a room all alone revival of new life the day is come to cut archfiend’s snares and love the pair of lamb and holy spirit

  sublime mysterious voice reveals secret of salvation on each occasion be obedient and humble you will know thy lord at the garden gate if you don’t muddy love’s stream   benevolent angel walks ever with you you will see his face if you have almost died

 with patience and charity we hope to find salvation: fierce storms assail pining for ideal world where kindness has greatest value where zen is our healing medicine

 nonviolence begins with a smile devoid of  guile: we have to gain love and kindness our culture  made a virtue of war: and then the horror unstoppable