[Thespiritexpress] Fwd: Tulips....again....bigger font

[Judy Haun]

Love this poem Toni. Love the burgandy Tulips. I

Love, Judy

On 4/22/2022 2:24 PM, Roz via Thespiritexpress wrote:
> This is so gorgeous, dear Toni!  Thanks so much for sharing this with us!
>
> Love, Roz
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Apr 22, 2022, at 10:57 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress 
>> <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
>>
>>  Wonderful poem Toni. So enjoy hearing it again and seeing it on the 
>> page. Beautiful and inspiring.
>> That same year you brought some tulips to my house and I wrote a 
>> playful little tulip poem to you.
>> I think I will read it on Tuesday if it is okay. I love poets 
>> answering each other on same theme.
>> Mary also has a tulip poem she sent me. Maybe she’ll read it also.
>> Blessings
>> Riantee
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 21, 2022, at 12:07, Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress 
>>> <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Tulips
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On the  shiny red marble counter,
>>>>
>>>> The burgandy tulips are dying.
>>>>
>>>> floating from the round glass vase
>>>>
>>>> into the middle world of our kitchen,
>>>>
>>>> their pale green stems, once tall, emerald  and erect
>>>>
>>>> Have lowered
>>>>
>>>> Their  necks like swans,  skimming the surface
>>>>
>>>> of their reflection,
>>>>
>>>> the velvet  petals
>>>>
>>>> are worn, stretched open
>>>>
>>>> like palms in a mudra a if to extend their last blessing
>>>>
>>>> before they fall.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Each flower
>>>>
>>>> Navigates the angles of light
>>>>
>>>> content in the last days
>>>>
>>>> to drift, one petal at a time,
>>>>
>>>> Scattering a  design
>>>>
>>>> Benaeath them where they drop.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I stand contemplating
>>>>
>>>> The shaft dust particles dancing in the  skylight
>>>>
>>>> the rays of sun  joining us
>>>>
>>>> Framed in a  still life by Rembrant
>>>>
>>>> When suddenly
>>>>
>>>> The sound of a rain begins to ping from inside my head
>>>>
>>>> and the once blue sky fades to grey
>>>>
>>>> changing the hue on the canvas of the kitchen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> stunned with sound and color
>>>>
>>>> Startled like a newborn .
>>>>
>>>> I don’t know what is happening,
>>>>
>>>> everything  blazing  and quiet
>>>>
>>>> In this explosion of  beauty.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> this impulse  of ecstacy
>>>>
>>>>  coursed though my body
>>>>
>>>> guides my arm to reach
>>>>
>>>> for this and my hand to do that.
>>>>
>>>> Witnessing this
>>>>
>>>> effortless alignment unfolding
>>>>
>>>> A perfect order of every detail
>>>>
>>>> I am experiencing  and have always belonged to,
>>>>
>>>> Culminating since the beginning
>>>>
>>>> when there was no beginning
>>>>
>>>> bringing me inside the pulse of the tulips
>>>>
>>>> how we are joined
>>>>
>>>> how they are gazing back at me
>>>>
>>>> enchanted by the mystery of each other.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So many years of  seeking….learning about things,
>>>>
>>>> How they work and what they mean,
>>>>
>>>> Who am I and what is the meaning
>>>>
>>>> And now the answer comes to this.
>>>>
>>>> To float in the vase of my body like a tulip
>>>>
>>>> extending love, beauty and fragrance
>>>>
>>>> following the compass of light
>>>>
>>>> allowing  each notion to drop gently in the end
>>>>
>>>> (without end)
>>>>
>>>> as time and separation
>>>>
>>>> simply fade away.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>> *From: *Toni Bernbaum <tonijean at mcn.org>
>>>> *Subject: **Tulips....*
>>>> *Date: *April 21, 2022 at 12:01:43 PM PDT
>>>> *To: *thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org
>>>>
>>>> Tulips
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On the  shiny red marble counter,
>>>>
>>>> The burgandy tulips are dying.
>>>>
>>>> Floating from the round glass vase
>>>>
>>>> into the middle world of our kitchen,
>>>>
>>>> their pale green stems, once tall, emerald  and erect
>>>>
>>>> have lowered
>>>>
>>>> their necks like swans,  skim the surface
>>>>
>>>> of a life’s reflection.
>>>>
>>>>  Their velvet  petals
>>>>
>>>> are worn and thin, stretched open
>>>>
>>>> like palms in a mudra, as if to extend and receive a last blessing
>>>>
>>>> before they fall.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Each flower
>>>>
>>>> navigates the angle of light
>>>>
>>>> content to drift, one petal at a time,
>>>>
>>>> scattering a design
>>>>
>>>>  when they drop.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I contemplate
>>>>
>>>> the shaft of dust particles dancing in the skylight
>>>>
>>>>  of sun framing us
>>>>
>>>>  in a still life by Rembrant
>>>>
>>>> when suddenly
>>>>
>>>> the sound of a rain begins to ping from inside my head
>>>>
>>>> and the once blue sky fades to grey
>>>>
>>>> changing the hue on the canvas of the kitchen.
>>>>
>>>>  Stunned with sound and color
>>>>
>>>> startled like a newborn
>>>>
>>>> I don’t know what is happening
>>>>
>>>> in this blazing quiet
>>>>
>>>>  explosion of  beauty,
>>>>
>>>> this impulse  of ecstacy
>>>>
>>>>  coursing throug my body,
>>>>
>>>> guides my arm to reach
>>>>
>>>> for this and tells my hand to do that.
>>>>
>>>> Witnessing this
>>>>
>>>> effortless alignment unfolding
>>>>
>>>> the perfect order of every detail
>>>>
>>>> I am
>>>>
>>>> experiencing, always belonging to this,
>>>>
>>>> culminating since the beginning
>>>>
>>>> (when there was no beginning)
>>>>
>>>> bringing me inside the pulse of the tulips
>>>>
>>>> how we are joined
>>>>
>>>> how they are gazing back
>>>>
>>>> enchanted by the mystery of this recognition of each other.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So many years of  seeking….learning about things,
>>>>
>>>> How they work and what they mean,
>>>>
>>>> Who am I and what is the meaning,
>>>>
>>>> and now the answer comes to this.
>>>>
>>>> To float in the vase of my body like a tulip
>>>>
>>>> extending love, beauty and fragrance
>>>>
>>>> following the compass of light
>>>>
>>>> allowing  each notion to drop gently
>>>>
>>>>  in the end
>>>>
>>>> (without end)
>>>>
>>>> as time and separation
>>>>
>>>> simply fade away.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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