Embraced as One

When in a long lock down, 
what is - becomes the  pattern 
of a normal living.

The space of time is long and open
yet at the end of the day
cramped schedules can weary out.

But an active listening
to where the world is going
where we are- leads to discovery.

Yes the world is still trapped

in this scenario 

we are at a standstill.

Human hands joined

to console, condole, caress

the living and the dead.

Bruised but loving hearts  

may we be found

together - embraced as One.

 

CONFESSIONS

A dream struck me
a topic I dreaded

not to dwell on

came to me, strong.

Why fear? Why tremble?

Know what is inside  

What sits as you dive 

into the bottom, empty.

To have given all

pure love, pure love

for the one I long

One with my destiny.

Confession, now has it

an essence, a meaning

deep dived, deep sensed

of what is, is.

PANDEMYA

Sa umpisa´y pangamba

di gaanong kilala

narinig at nakita

ngayon, bidang bida ka.

 

Pandemya sa buhay ka

pandemya ´ting lahat na

kasama ka tangay ka

sa hirap at ligaya,

Marami ka ng turo

di kita itatatwa 

tinuwid mo buhay ko

kaya nakakasaya.

Marunong ka pandemya

Alam mo kung kailan na

P´pwedeng  magpakita

Pagbabago ang dala.

Danas ng buong mundo

unti unting nabuksan 

mata, isip sa turo  

taglay na mga pangako.

Aanhin na lang buhay

kung walang katuturan

karanasan at malay

may kahulugan ´t tunay.

Kailan man pandemya

Di ka malilimutan

Kaakibat kasama

Walang takot may saya.

 

 

I rejoice with all that is

In this natural world where I live 

I am greeted with the singing birds

sunrise to keep me warm, alive, joyful

and night that holds me to rest.

Simply I rejoice with all that is

sun, moon, earth, air, fire, wind, water,

plants, molluscs, mammals, insects, bacteria, fishes, virus

hills, mountains, valleys, plains, rivers, brooks, oceans.

I am blessed to bless you all.

babies, infants, children, youth, adults, infirmed and dead

living testimonies of history, story, inventions, innovations

contributing to who and where we are.

All that is we are diversed One

in the various ecosystems and eco diversity

human family, cells, tissues, molecules, atoms, particles

we are one in my human body.

I rejoice with all that is

all creatures, all seen, unseen, down, under

we are one, interwoven together, interdependent, interconnected, 

Together, I rejoice with all that is.

Breathe Life on Daily Basis

Looking out by my window
thick clouds covered the city
behind houses in different colors.

The hill where houses nestled
reveals its quiet and diversity
where people made their home.

I can hear movements, sounds
a man selling his wares
calling out with his clang.

Big buses moving in, out
while the humming birds butterflies
fly and visit plants, flowers.

A normal life in pandemic
creates perspectives and new vision
makes difference and boost inertia.

There is music to hear
collecting notes creating its melody
- breathe life on  daily basis.

Psalm 25

          "O Beloved, as you renew me, 

                          redeem the nations,

                                            That we on earth, 

                                                             may unfold your Plan."

Rising with the morning sun
bathe my soul into newness
wonderful redemption of my soul
immersed into mud of sin
egoism, avariousness and self-steered life.

´Tis the season to reflect
immersion into the past, reflection
how life mattered and spent
when there was no virus (COVID-19)
what do we cling to?

Perversed way of life direction
seeing life as eternal, controlable
it´s wake up call, judgment
person to person, nation to nation
changing our ways and lifestyles.

There is not time left
as our earth human family
can´t compromise, let this go by
we need changes and redemption
find truth, unfold your Plan.

Pandemic in the 21st Century (COVID-19)

Born in the last century

in a time when life begins to pick up 

from periods of war, hunger  and deprivation

catastophes, epidemic and pandemic.

Never have we been faced as a humanity

affecting us globally with a virus

that we now term COVID-19

a 21st century Pandemic.

Life is such a cycle and history repeats itself 

it tends to give us living lesson

this pandemic has caused and will cause 

death, famine, unemployment and violence.

Self-preservation to community and global preservation

we now are called to transform from self to global

we all are struggling to live in solidarity

with all that is and will be.

We now have a chance as one earth community

to InterConnect our lives

be a life to others and cling to the life

that is given to us by one Giver of Life.

My dream spoke to me

Something is falling from the sky
I looked up and saw it coming down
tried to go the opposite direction
to avoid getting hit.

All of a sudden it disappeared from my sight
silence blanketed my being
what an eerie feeling
I saw the plane crashed down.

A handful of passengers came out alive
with burns but able to stand
one by one they came out
brimming with joy and life.

It speaks to me of my own struggles
coming out of it all
able to find new meaning and direction
makes my heart overflow with joy.

WE are God´s

No matter what happens each day
it is blessed, it is part of God´s plan.
I know it is not easy to stay with that
but I try to increase my belief
and anchor my life in the One
who gives me the light of the day.

We are God´s no matter what
I try my best to align my heart
to the One who has loved me
more than I could love myself
and more than what others can even
try to show and share this to me.

How could I not sing?

When I hear the birds

Sing their melody

Speak their language

To live in harmony

With other beings.  

                                                      

When I feel the breeze

Its symphonic movement

Swaying with the rising sun

Bathing me with warmth

And its tender touch.

When a new life

Is a miracle

That I witness

In its fragility

I nurture and let it grow.

When I become

a part of the universe

and learn that life

is a school

where learning never stops.

Where everything I breathe

Comes from one Source

And what I breathe out

Goes back to the same source

Of everything that is good.

And when I have no fear

To let the future unfold

Where God unravels

His great plans

The Kindom that is to come.

Lurin, Pachacamac
February 12, 2017