In its essence
prayer dares us
to throw open
the doors and
windows of our hearts
to the infinitely
creative mystery
of Love’s designs.© 2014 Dennis Ference
Oneness
This Friend You Love
This friend you love
is bleeding inside
and you dare not
staunch the flow.
Her heart is breaking,
but it must break often
if she is to find her way.
Does she say her world
is falling apart? Old worlds
must fall apart before
new worlds can be born.
Does she say that life
is more than she can bear?
She is stronger than either
of you can know.
Walk with her but do not
steer her down your path.
Talk with her but do not
write her script.
Dance with her,
just dance with her now
to the silent, healing music,
the Oneness of Love.
© 2014 Dennis Ference
Awakening
Awakening to your oneness
with the divine All will shake
up your convenient illusion
of solid ground and keep you
blissfully off-balance
with nettling aftershocks.© 2015 Dennis Ference
Oneness of Being
One day you will ask me
which is more important? My life or yours?
I will say mine and you will walk away
not knowing that you are my life.― Khalil Gibran
I speak in praise
I speak in praise
of the rational mind,
its talent for precision and logic.
I speak with sadness
of a rational mind
scornful of heart and spirit.© 2014 Dennis Ference
Before the Sun Rises
Each day, before the sun rises
I cast my lot with the believers–
those who have come to know
that there is a Source within
from which all things emerge,which does not play
by our rules and constraints.
It is Mystery, sometimes
soothing mother, often
maddening jokester,
always larger than our vision
of what it should be.When I awake, the birds
are still voiceless, the streets
not yet in rhythm with the duties
and desires of their denizens.
I sip from a steaming cup
to melt away the remnants
of the night’s lethargy and
burrow slowly into the stillness
of naked Being where
I listen and wait.This is the place where
deeper meanings are discerned
and commitments are forged.
This is the place where healings
are announced and poems
are conceived. And for those
who would bow and surrender,
this is the grace of the Sacred
Now—divine and human
breathing as One.© 2014 Dennis Ference
Lightness of Being
Let the sum
of all the moments of love
you have ever known
strip you naked
of roles and titles
wounds and triumphs
and breathe you
into the singular
present moment
where nothing
can weigh you down,
where nothing exists
but the blissful
lightness of Being.© 2015 Dennis Ference
God’s Will
It’s a spiritual rule
of sorts, that before
we can grow into honestly
wanting to do God’s will,
we must first want to want to
do God’s will, understanding
that we must depend on grace
every step of the way.
© 2015 Dennis Ference
lost memories
obsessing
and fretting
plotting
uneasy distances
in vain
forgetting
all is one
forgetting
love is
our name© 2014 Dennis Ference
Catch Up
The Creator
of course
recognizes
the God-
image
in us
all
and
patiently
waits
for us
to catch
up.© 2014 Dennis Ference
(Originally posted in November of 2014 without pic.)
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