Dream Poems

Author’s Note: I have had trouble keeping a journal, but these pyramid poems have been coming to me with my practice. They are written in chronological order and thematic. Although each may stand alone, they are intended together to express a deepening in my spirituality as a result of my T’ai Chi Chih practice. Number 1, 2, and 3 represent my desire to transcend empirical reality; number 4 is a prayer; 5 is a dream I had; 6 is an attempt to recall how it felt. Perhaps number 7 will discuss the second half of the dream, in which hear my friends return, and the sea becomes a pool, and so I leave it once again attached to the world.

#1

talk

to me

my heart and

listen to what

I don’t say

back to

you

#2

my

silence

is all that

you must know to

understand

what I

say

#3

speak

for me

my soul for

your wisdom has

no words that

my lips

know

#4

flow

through me

universe

release me from

here and take

me back

home

#5

I

dreamt that

everyone

left me so I

went swimming

in the

sea

#6

in

the sea

of self there

exists no time

possession

want or

mind

>>>>>>>>>>