Rhapsody in D Major

Full autumn moon over the Potomac,
Snowy egrets reigning over the pilings below;
A lone blue heron standing sentinel,
Frozen in the stillness before a Sunday sunrise.
In the pristine interplay of dark and light
Thou art still.
And in the quiet beauty, if I listen carefully,
The dance of the universe begins again…
“The cacophony of color, breathless awe,
tuning fork of my soul” written so long ago,
Danced and sung once again.
This time an interactive fugue in D Major
Replacing the solitary elegy in B minor.
Sanctus jubilate; living requiem; Amanitas deum.
Joy! Pain! Ecstasy! The Rapturous River Flows Through It.
The sweep of color and cascade of images
on the cosmic playground
At first are light and lively with senses
Floating free of their earthly fetters.
Powerfully enticing tweeds, feathers, and weavings
Undulating against a backdrop
Of shimmering emerald green, royal purple,
and precious gold.
The show is as seductive and playful as promised!
Tiny figures opening the windows of the universe!
Figure and ground playing together in a quantum
Paint box; wherever you focus, it fades away.
“Lookie here!” “No, here!” And while you’re looking,
the tingling creeps in
Introducing a symphonic play on the stage of feeling.
Lips come alive with tingling vibrations
as the veils part.
The entryway to the heart is primed.In a rush of erotic power and release, the grappling
Hooks of love lift me heavenward toward the light.
Suspended by lips, breathless with awe, and speechless
In surrender, the Sun Dance begins.
Such anguish and joy knowing that the Beloved is here!
I am dying in service of the self
On the altar of spirit. Lark Ascending!
The sacrifice of the heart on the inward journey,
fueled by yearning, with ecstasy awaiting. Disassociation of thought allows the wrenching
Rendering of tissue and muscle as the heart opens.
The body field is plowed to receive the seed.
Waves of pain and the breath of birthing take over,
Puffing faster as the pain overwhelms.
Relief as it passes.
The spiritual sojourner, weary with the onslaught of love
Rides the waves as the tantric tsunami
Crashes over the heart.
Erotic spirit, union eternal, cosmic orgasm and
Ecstasy divine.
“Roar, lion of my heart, and tear me open!”

At once the awareness of loss, grief, and yearning
Manifests in the vision of an earthly existence.
Open hearts weeping blood and wrapped in thorns.
Christ on the lap of Mary. Pieta perfecta!
Earthly reality is tinged with sacred suffering.
Surrendering to the Beloved and living with
An open heart the challenge.
Grace incarnate…
Familiar words hover around the edges of my mind,
“Washing away the sins.”

The lullaby begins…”shuun, shuun” the little one is
Forgiven and released once again,
Regaining the guileless eyes of Buddha.
“Shuun, shuun” releasing ‘her’ that I see in him.
Releasing the innocent back into the world,
The ballistic nylon dissolving from around her heart.
Sacrificing worldliness to love.
May the green world within re-seed the wasteland without.

I am Lancelot
in search of the Holy Grail,
and finding myself.
Beloved, Thou art with me forever; co-partners in
Evolution, dancing the rhapsody of life.
A romantic re-enters the world, forever changed
Will I hear you call out in the glory of Faure’s Requiem?
Or Rachmaninov’s Concerto No. 2?
Or in the sight of the Kihei sun plunging into the
Pacific?
Or in the feel of a baby’s skin, or the smell of grass
And flowers and the sound of surf?
Keep my antennae alert and my compass on the ‘true’,
I beseech Thee.
Forever listening for my name.

link to Fantastic voyage sketch