E x p a n d

E   x   p   a   n    d

Expand, expand
Expand into the ages
The time has come
to gather the Sages

To keep the wisdom
and not to share
is a fault repeated
so do not despair

The time has come
to change, speak, say
and share with all
Creator’s Way

Expand beyond this universe
Expand beyond this play with verse
Expand beyond the centrifuge
Expand beyond the last deluge

Become the bubble
that can float
with rainbow shimmers
as its coat

A bubble that is free and yet
can merge with others and beget
an astro figure so divine
it sends shivers down one’s spine

Compare the aggregate
of these bubbles
to the invention of
the space telescope Hubble

A new vision and a mirror
of All That Is – through a new eye
that’s surely His

A new vision and a mirror
and now this time
you be the seer

Beyond this realm
and beyond your sight
awaits a place
to which we invite
the many who
desire to come
and dance with us
to the busy hum

Sounds of ecstasy
Sounds of joy
The happy space
of every girl and boy

Join with the children
Be one yourself
and be rid of the sense
of any stealth

Be who you are
and float again
a bubble expanding
and not a pen
that writes and thinks

Just be with all
Listen now –
you’ll hear the call

We await
the bubble wand begins
The winds of time
start their spin

Caress the breeze
It’s early yet
to see how many bubbles
the wand will let
blow free to float
before it thins
and another dip
will then begin
A dip required
required to form
a new set of bubbles
ready to be born
to carry thru
the gifts of the ages
the new expanse
waits for these Sages

Come now and create
your bubble dance
Release from the wand
Now is your chance

Be a sphere of love
a sphere so clear
and merge with others
with hearts that mirror

Carry your love
into the expanse
and swirl with others
in this dance

Rejoice and play
Be a voice this day
Create and make
for the very sake
of the dreams of the ancestors
the guides and cherubs
calling to all
to take note of the narobs

Plenty to draw from
and much to amass
There is only space now
for the very last dash

Be freed dear friends
Be freed from the past
Float away
Become the new mass

Be freed dear friends
and create the new
Quiet now – quiet……
be you


gagi     TBL

Bits:

Bits:

Love is expansion
the key to the mansion
that has rooms for all

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Dear, dear Mother Earth
Thank you for supporting us
since our birth

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Some lines of verse
it is a poem
containing a semblance
that wants to be known

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The stones are alive
don’t expect them to stay
They share their wisdom
then are on their way

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Love, wisdom and power
the new
the new flower

The power to bloom
to share the perfume
and beauty consume

gagi     TBL

Honour the Children

Honour the Children

What she witnessed today again gave her great pain
And she remembered it happening – again and again
We must speak our truth – forget anger and shame
Violence to others – all must stop and refrain

Refrain from repeating the actions we’ve seen
From parents and teachers and others who’ve been
Role models who have lost it, let loose or been mean
Hurt us with roughness or language obscene

Oh how can we stop this – a disease that has spread?
Thru generations perhaps but now there’s more to dread
The movies, TV, texts, even songs
Distorting a beautiful world and a grandmother mourns

Throughout this world,  affecting all living things…
The children, blessed children with sweetness are born
We love them, protect them yet soon brews a storm:

….A child defies, choosing its own way of seeing, expresses its own understanding, using its own tone….
….An adult or older child corrects them and blocks who they are
and misses the opportunity to hear their perspective….

Oh let them be who they were born to be
Let them be who they are here to be
They chose their families and will teach them too
If given the chance, they’ll share wisdom with you

Where two or more gather, friends, family or by birth
Country, race, religion or who came first
Differences can be a problem if we let them be
and some choose to comment on what they see

Who’s responsible for action or language that’s rough?
Is that who we want to the future entrust?
Can we not see the richness in our cultures’ diversity
and tolerate and honour our different complexity?

Oh guide us dear Ancestors, Elders, Great Spirit
We need help right now – surely you can hear it
How do we allow the journeys of others
when what they do harms the little ones – sisters and brothers?

Prayers and visions for how we can change
Surely the answers are somewhere in range
Carry the Light and the Love to the ones
Who are lacking the patience for this world’s daughters and sons

Let us receive the wisdom that’s there
And show to our young ones just how much we care
Gentleness, kindness to these loving, sweet beings
If we all lived like sweet children we’d enjoy loving feelings


gagi     TBL