Nourishing Soul

("Honeybee on Apple Blossom", 2020, original pen and ink) Nourishing Soul Like a bee to the flower Holding pollen and nectar What is it we seek at play in the fields of the Lord If not nourishment of the soul? All the basics (food, water, sex and shelter) Being just that, The basis for what the soul actually incarnates for; Knowledge, wisdom, truth, beauty, love and music! And so the eternal Way Continually arises as a forking path Between true and false, good and evil, love and fear Each step a test of our discernment and resolution. The soul by nature is just and true And yet, like a clear mountain spring Subject to contamination as the influences of this life, This world, leave a mark; in short the karmic debts we accrue. And so comes the practical necessity of purifying, Nipping the inevitable distortion and perversion in the bud, The stains – pure and impure - that remain, From each choice and challenge met. The king of purifiers of course being forgiveness Based in simple gratitude for the simple fact of simply being Alive and able to learn, grow and forgive anew Traveling the open path in confidence with an open mind. Thus we gain the keys to the High-way, hidden in our pocket all along, The kingdom, ever-present Here and Now, To walk alert, head up, eyes and heart wide open - to it all, Knowing with resolution and discernment we’ll be just fine. (12/26/25)