Happy Thanksgiving

We are all the One. Everything is connected. Love the ones you're with. Funny, I feel less and less nostalgic for the camaraderie of past years. I worry less and less about the resources I don't have or do have. I am not as motivated to accomplish anything, to complete any project, to make an impression. In 50 years, my name will not be spoken or thought of anywhere, joining the anonymity of billions of other souls. My art will have disappeared. My book(s) will not be read. My music will not be remembered. I will join the anonymity of innumerable souls.
No, I am not depressed - I take each day as it is, and only pray I cause no one any harm or injury. I watch the news to be informed, and I rejoice or cry with a thousand stories made public, shared just to be shared. And how many stories are not known, save by a few, or even a one? Yet, in the archival files of the Akashic Records, all is written, all is recorded, not for judgment, but because it happened. Nothing is lost. All is One.

Why I Do What I Do

I wasn't born

in a trash heap,

but I heard of someone

who was.

He met a writer-philosopher

who came to observe life

in a trash heap in Mexico,

and the trash heap man implored:

"You write about me.

I was born in this trash heap.

I live my life in this trash heap.

I will die in this trash heap.

I will be buried in this trash heap.

Write about me.

Tell them: " 'I was here.' "

There's only One Life,

and you and I and the trash heap man

are each an integral part of it.

I do what I do

because I want the world to know

I was here.

Everyone does.

And yet, every one, every thing

that ever existed, exists or will be

is known in the mind of God, the Designer,

and loved in the Heart of Reality,

whether a queen or a trash heap man

a lizard or a microbe.

And the reason I write poetry

or create art,

or play the harp

is only because

built into my dna,

my bio-chemistry

urges me to purpose,

and it is purpose

that shouts out

to the world:

 "I am here!"

So forgive me

if I tease out from you

a compliment,

a thank you,

a purr or leg rub,

even a criticism,

or if I create chaos

or vie for attention

in any way,

judged saintly or vile.

I only want someone

to affirm my existence.

I only want to take a deep breath

and with confidence, breathe out,

"I am here."

So yes, I WILL smile at you in the street,

I WILL help you without asking,

send you a card just for the hell of it.

I WILL avoid the squirrel racing across the road,

and help the turtle reach the road's edge,

and not crush the furry caterpillar.

(But to hell with the flies, ticks and mosquitos!)

I WILL condemn your faulty thinking

but will try to heal your brokenness,

to make your day more pleasant,

to encourage your purpose.

For when you fulfill YOUR purpose,

you make MY life easier,

and the world is a better place to be.

Selah.

agd - 7.15.2018 - Inspired by a story by Luis Alberto Urrea  during an interview on Krista Tippett's radio program "On Being"

The Fourth

The Fourth of  July, 2018

starts out hot, 80,

with humidity to match.

Ogden is silent,

the walk leaves me drenched.

Saw only one babbit

whilst my ears perked

to listen to the avian news

broadcasting in so many tongues.

All else lay silent.

A quiet start to a

celebratory day.

And these days,

tinged with dread

and uncertainty,

the world's instant news

and synchronous reactions

create ripples of energy

to augment the puppeteer's goals.

But do not give in to the fear.

Send a blessing instead.

Then go out and make a difference.

Today I'll wear my flag

and sing our anthem,

and pluck a hymn of thanksgiving.

The USA is still a wonderful place to be.

The Fourth be with you.

agd

A Royal Wedding

A Royal Wedding

I met Love today.

I saw him in their eyes,

in the wisp of their shared smiles

as they gazed perfectly

into each other's eyes

as they trothed each other

to a life in faith and

commitment and fealty.

I heard Love today

in passionate words

meant to stir our hearts

to fathom Love's power,

beseeching all ears

to step out in risk

and transform a tormented world,

to disburden the anguished,

and to banish poverty to the

archives of history.

I saw Love today,

in the giggles of lovers,

in their responsive eyes,

in their fearless touches.

I know Love today,

for I know God,

and God is Love.

agd - May 19, 2018 - The Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

I Do

I asked the Beloved:
"If we are all One
in the Perfection of Being,
what separates us
one from another?"
He answered:
"I do."

agd

New Book of Poetry - "Seasons"

New author: Allen Dec
New book: My Poems - Seasons 

Publisher: Jafansta, Inc
Buy Now: https://jafansta.net/mypoems-seasons.html

Eternally One

Glorious is the moment we sit in the palace, You and I. Two forms, two faces, but a single soul: You and I. The flowers will blaze and bird cries shower us with immortality The moment we enter the garden, You and I. All the stars of heaven will run out to gaze at us As we burn like the full moon itself, You and I. The fire-winged birds of heaven will rage with envy In that place where we laugh ecstatically, You and I. What a miracle, You and I, entwined in the same nest; What a miracle, You and I: one Love, one Lover, one Fire, In this world and the next, in an ecstasy without end. - Jalal-ud-Din Rumi