Turning to Become

("July 7 - Hot and Blue", 2024, original encaustic) Turning to Become As they say, humans are like onions, Densely layered and prone to making others cry. But I think a better metaphor is Earth herself, After all the Good Book tells us We are created in God’s image. At the surface all is sweetness and light, The abundant fruits of survival’s tricky game, While just below tectonic plates drift to a darker rhythm Leading to all sorts of uncontrollable forces, And at the core, something unknown, But pure and original nonetheless. So with us, we show our best at the surface, While just below swell the barely repressed tides Of biases and bigotries, passions and poisons. And at our core the mysterious essence abides, Pure but powerful, The clear light of primordial awareness For lack of a better, poetic term. Each of us is such a complex world, The micro expressing the macro, Each of us challenged with being ourselves And getting along with others. From cradle to grave Life is the constant, While we the change The world is turning to become. (7/10/24)