Heartbeat

Stardust sprinkles from heaven and glitters my mind

Ignites on impact and retrieves distant memories

Lightens the path to the future and guides my senses


Many of the kind sparklers have long ceased to exist

Their life span has been huge in comparison with mine

Yet we are both finite ephemeral transient and real


When I look inside me and match our reason for being

I cannot but think about smallness and greatest desire

For peace and compassion kindness and tender caress


My late grandma taught me to respect all sentient beings

Today she would be a Buddhist or benign esoteric witch

And I know that stellar constellations can feel the pain


They touch upon my sad sorrows and ease the hardship

Emote passion and inclination and give me a knowing smile

When I get too big for my boots and require overseeing


I embrace cosmic powder and sift through my feelings

Follow a comet here or there as they drift past my joy

I will not outlive celestial bodies but my soul marches on



18th March 2020
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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Date: 3/18/2020 11:00:00 AM
Onward Soul...grandmother shared invaluable lessons with you before she departed...Nice one
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 3/19/2020 10:59:00 AM
Thanks Arturo. Grandmothers know so much. Bless their cotton socks and may they rest in peace.
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