Sober Tiger

Nervous 

Only lasted until my third time driving around the block 

Dharma Meeting 

Tibetin Buddhist

Lotus Light

Right up the street this whole time

Amazed 

It can be new anywhere you are

This or that country

Spaces in the corners of the world 

One corner you’ve lived twenty years

Give or take 

Your soul is the world 

I am the world 

My app told me to believe in myself 

Couple of them 

I took that to heart 

On a corner this lovely old house 

Inside the hearts and minds live in the fixtures 

Hanging plants

Waterfall sounds 

Creaking wood floors

Library for the community 

Small Kitchen 

Mandala ceremony starts today 

I’m in 

Monthly activities 

Different kinds of yoga 

Meditations

Teas 

Conversations regarding how to be out here 

All of my inner characters are in one car

For this 

Together we are hopeful 

Closing my eyes 

I saw long blades of grass 

Dark skies behind 

It was windy

I centered there through mid back pain 

Held still and breathed into the distractions

Will I meet someone special there

No time for it 

For awhile 

Nice people there 

I read the practice of Dharma to the group 

Principles to live by in this journey 

Not unfamiliar 

Many moments in my life of flirting with spiritual literacy

Some longer periods than others 

Letting go 

Just existing 

Dedicated 

I drove by the street for this place a million times

My sons can paint there 

We can belong there 

As a home away from it all when it seems impossible 

When it feels sensational 

One step a little bit each day 

We took steps yesterday 

Bossa 

Frozen head state park 

Wide open trails 

Sun waving through the canopy

Took a moment by the stream

Accepted the stillness

What was offered 

Turned down the noise of previous trauma 

Yelling it wasn’t enough 

There I could just be without limitations 

Zero push from anything 

We hiked up to the last waterfall 

Rock walls placing formations

Heard sounds a few moments up 

Practiced balance 

This leg

That leg

Said a thank you to whatever is listening 

And I will continue to do that 

Smallest of moments 

Caterpillar climbing up my studio wall

Hello pal 

Lets write a special one 

Best 

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