Head towards the ocean

[Taikunping avatar ~ Julie Parry]

Head towards the ocean

head forwards, towards the calm ocean

your blue eyes see in ultimate devotion

on the belly of man your hands are laid

in turquoise tokens you break enslaved

your body lies on the softest of beds

 sands of culture they moved, they bled

the maze you see is on your shoulders

traced in ink, you click, you think

white skins they hear your cry, your shout

your mouth it emits the smallest reprieve

but we hear you loudly across believed

the wave of fancy appears on your brow

the rain of the forest, is right here, right now

wreckage it lays upon the white dunes

a legacy of prophecy, not a moment too soon

swiftly, silent breakers coat a sky blue sea

I await a signal, one, two, maybe three

circles of waves, across snowscaped sand

vibrating harmonics across all of the land

 

~0~

 

Julie

Feb 2013

edited March 2014

[Taikunping avatar ~ Julie Parry]

Oh cool, yes another favourite of mine Vlada.  

BY KAHLIL GIBRAN

In the ancient days, when the first quiver of speech came to my lips,
I ascended the holy mountain and spoke unto God, saying, “Master,
I am thy slave.  Thy hidden will is my law and I shall obey thee
for ever more.”
 
But God made no answer, and like a mighty tempest passed away.
 
And after a thousand years I ascended the holy mountain and again
spoke unto God, saying, “Creator, I am thy creation.  Out of clay
hast thou fashioned me and to thee I owe mine all.”
 
And God made no answer, but like a thousand swift wings passed
away.
 
And after a thousand years I climbed the holy mountain and spoke
unto God again, saying, “Father, I am thy son.  In pity and love
thou hast given me birth, and through love and worship I shall
inherit thy kingdom.”
 
And God made no answer, and like the mist that veils the distant
hills he passed away.
 
And after a thousand years I climbed the sacred mountain and again
spoke unto God, saying, “My God, my aim and my fulfillment; I am
thy yesterday and thou are my tomorrow.  I am thy root in the earth
and thou art my flower in the sky, and together we grow before the
face of the sun.”
 
Then God leaned over me, and in my ears whispered words of sweetness,
and even as the sea that enfoldeth a brook that runneth down to
her, he enfolded me.
 
And when I descended to the valleys and the plains God was there
also.

[ënagualí ~ Ꮙℓἇ∂ἇ ኔጡ።]

Well thats truth..yes Rumi was a very wise man,but then so was the Lebanese well known poet & philosopher I really loved reading when at Uni was Kahlil Gibran  who also inspired me when I read 'The Prophet'..he was also a great artist too..he inspired so many great artists including John F. Kennedy, Indira Gandhi, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and David Bowie...I loved his poems 'The Children','Pain' & 'A tear & a smile'..

[Taikunping avatar ~ Julie Parry]

Yes Rumi inspires me, and I didn't know he existed until I joined the first Gaia Community.  I have several Rumi books and on all the sites I've been on Rumi has loads of enthusiastic poets loving his quotes and verses

[ënagualí ~ Ꮙℓἇ∂ἇ ኔጡ።]

I love adding music to them all...I think one has to have been a poet in past life to bring them forth into this one..I even had my poems compared to the likes of Rumi,Thoth & Jim Morrison years ago on Writers Network,so off I went to source their stuff out to see why they thought that, and I had to admit their writings were similar to some of mine, I think more that some were based on similar specific topics though,but not all of them but I was inspired to do more from reading theirs..

I just hope messages embedded in them to bring forth get through,..why else would they come back into my consciousness if they were going to be doing no good for anyone..

a soul family member I'm extremely close to said one day,... that maybe after I'm gone my words will be remembered moreso... cos thats how most poets & artists get famous when they die,so I'd better publish them now & get them out there not that she wanted me to die hahhaha..she was joking,twas her Scottish humor coming through..

[Taikunping avatar ~ Julie Parry]

Yes I've written poems with music as the catalyst Vlada, particularly music without vocals.  Yes poetry, according to the past life horoscope has been with me throughout my being.  Pieces of art also seem to stimulate my writing.  We had a group on the poetry showcase Ning site where we all used art to stimulate poetry.  Yes, one of my friends left a poem on my Anewgaia profile page and I though oooh that's a cool poem, I hadn't remembered I'd written it because I seem to go somewhere else.  Maybe there's a place of stored poetry within me and I pick something out for the occasion, it's fun to write and make word pictures.

[ënagualí ~ Ꮙℓἇ∂ἇ ኔጡ።]

Good point self moves aside for something more,well thats how the higher self comes through,when I write mine I do it while within music and if the music isnt right I look at whats come out and its crap,its rigid or cold,... but if the music is good with the right frequencies in it,then it flows out like pouring liquid from a bottle the words are but energy after all..and I too look at whats written and think geepers did I write that, woah that's rather deep stuff..Oh and I once got asked if I recall being a poet in other life times,which I know I was,so poetry & literature has been within my soul spaces for eons..

[Taikunping avatar ~ Julie Parry]

Yes both ways bring this higher aspect of self through Vlada... sometimes I look at my poems and wonder if I actually wrote them, it's like self moves aside for something more or that shields are removed so we see more clearly through our poetry

[ënagualí ~ Ꮙℓἇ∂ἇ ኔጡ።]

Where as I'm the opposite I cant write in rhyme verse,cos I write from my own higher-self aspect, thus limerick/rhyme isnt anywhere to be seen...yet I do find I speak with words I wouldn't normally use in my every day conversation too,its all from a higher realm and inspired by Rumi...but they still flow,sometimes I get small phrases just pop into my head and I have to write them on any bit of paper I can find,as they are just so good it would be a shame to loose them...then I put these all together to form poetry pieces around the phrase.

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Ahhh I've written quite a few like this Vlada, thanks

What I've noticed over the years though is that when I write through rhyme and verse inspirations of a new kind come to me, especially different words that I wouldn't normally use and even insights on something that I wouldn't know about had I not written in verse

[ënagualí ~ Ꮙℓἇ∂ἇ ኔጡ።]

I like this one..it kinda tells a story but not in a limerick way..it has more of a flow to it..