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Sunday, April 19, 2015

One Thought

Multiply your guises by your moods

to see the sum of yourself,

as multifaceted as the view

from the business end of a kaleidoscope.

Rejoice! Rejoice in the richness of creation.

Like snowflakes we are all different,

despite being formed from the same source.

And here we see the mystery.

Do not believe anyone

who says she has the key

to the mystery.

Even me.

 

The left hand slows.

It continues to move (oh, good little hand)

but slowly, no longer flowing.

The idea has come and gone.

Once it expressed itself

there's nothing left but these brief marks

of pen and ink;

the thought has spoken but is too succinct.

 

Open up, my heart.

Banish the locks that check expression.

The heart's so empty

now that its one thought has hit the page.

 

 
Copyright © 2015 Ann Tudor

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Nonsense and Silence

Chitter, chatter, what's the matter?

Suzie's lamb is on the platter.

That was why they made him fatter.

Let go now of all this patter.

Keep your thoughts in line, no scattered

lines of mind a-racing.

 

Oh, how silly.

I'm going to stop talking now.

What you will hear is the silence of my voice.

What you will not hear (be grateful)

is the roaring wind of my interior voice,

which never stops (never say never);

it is my constant companion,

commenting on all that I see and do,

all that I am.

 

No, wait.

If that interior voice sees all and hears all,

does that mean it is God?

Have I hit on something here?

Will this idea take me anyplace

but straight to the loony bin?

Chitter chatter, what's the matter?

I think I just found out.

 

 

Copyright © 2015 Ann Tudor

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Old Crow

The mind is a driven bird

that rakes forest droppings

to find the necessary

for the nest.

Repository of creation and yet itself

an act of creation,

the nest is both the end product

and the reason-to-be of driven searching

for dead and dying bits of trees.

For my part I offer

brightly coloured lengths of yarn,

cut long enough to use

and short enough to carry,

for any bird making a nest

that will represent and cradle

what is coming next.

 

Old crone and crow together

make space for what will be,

feathering the nest

with soft sheep's gifts.

Creative nest will hold creation.

 

 

Copyright © 2015 Ann Tudor