Nursing Home, An Unlikely Place

Oh, find I here as elder in this small place Some glad respite… From inside pills And journeying on to bitter end With so many joys of past, left trail-side To sit only in fading memory then Great entertainments and friends Allowed temptations, travels Sparkling departures into new excitements… Even the most basic of foods and drinks diminished Into lowest price bid, blandness, and strange resourcing. Letting mind suffice to hold better recollections, though dimming Still, having grace winning. ___*___ And here, in this small corner, outside, alone Humbly, gratefully receiving Water, fire, winds, and earth connection... Saying their own small hello’s. ‘Greetings, remember us too, not to be forgotten Living in unity, here for you, granting your soul reprieve. Not all in the best of health...’ I do agree… An old, worn, unlikely small, dry place Almost enclosed on all sides… Yet, thankfully outdoors… Much the same… As my mind and body here, now seem to be. ___*___ ‘Feel deeply’, I’m told... ‘Loose inside connections Let us here, lovingly remind you of Nature’s vibrations. Life yet springs the world free Finding you and our Nature, into I, again together. Each to it’s same task as before, to need.’ ‘Yes, I see!’... I quickly answer in quickening attention As my mind fuses memory in, opening a forgotten door. ’Yes, bless this place, equal to any forest vast. Caring little now, how long it’ll last. With memories brought too, of ocean’s deep Waves crashing strong… Winds up to task, blowing energies along. Within Sun’s heat, stirring water’s pot Some misting into clouds, far away from here, to drop On forests and fields, lifeblood rain Letting Nature amend what was here... With health returning ten-fold Into fresh living life, once again. Even to I, humbly now blessing this spot No less, no more, than any place in pain. As we elements all share each other… again... Though energies owned, fading Acknowledging age old blessings to all, on our own call. Can’t live forever.' ___*___ Together, vibrations recall places we’ve roamed And see here together, gathered once again… With dreams still to be shared... Potentials for better future in growing Singing the joining tunes, each of us well know. Feel... soft breezes still rise, cool when called Caressing heated skins And plants waving hello through seed pods dried thin As a tiny pond filling, gurgles... ‘Welcome friend’. All enlightening energies glad received… again Under this same Sun Not forgotten. Space, Place, and Time All acknowledging most mystic connections As learned, each to each, past into future One to the other, investing in… Joy in peace, serving our own mindful balance. ___*___ I now feel the sleep lying deep within this elder place Waiting for me also like a very old friend Nothing to fear, for on nothing it depends. Silently, and like a blanket, warming It does not hurt, memories keeping me safe for travel. Hmm, comes quiet thoughts… A fitting place to leave these shores, if need be A Gate to pass one way through… this yes, Heaven’s door. For the time is close Tired, I feel it step softly near. ___*___ ‘There is no true pain’, It whispers ‘There is no fear’. “I will cry not out loud”, I answer, shedding no tear The other side... becoming clear. Secrets unfold, as know I, this task near done A long life lived, lessons won And I carry... with me memories of everyone As well as energies connecting... To wake anew, under a purer White Sun. ___*___ Within wisdom’s and understanding’s learned Here past into there’s future, fusing into one whole Completion... Such an easy gate to pass. In deep humility sharing softest tears I give thanks singing… And return back to elder work. Perhaps tomorrow.