I See You Now

I See You Now

When we were young

we used to say to each other

that when you die

your soul goes back

to the Summerlands

to live with the Earth Mother

in the rocks, the sky, and clouds

and the leafy green trees.

Now, we both knew to believe that

but back then they were

only so many words

we told each other

around the table

to comfort ourselves

the loss of our loved ones.

Until today...

Today I saw you there

lingering in the pearlescent light

of the sun coming

through the window.

You filled the room

with a love song

and I filled the room

with tears of joy.

I walked outside

and I heard your voice

in the gusty wind

rustling through the trees.

You were there

waiting to meet me.

I heard your laugh,

I heard your lilting voice,

saw you raise your colors,

heard your rebel creed,

and yes, the tears

of your sorrow too---

all part of white spring clouds

and the deep blue sky

all around me.

They say each soul

is a limitless eternity,

that in life we each

condense like drops of water

into the confines of our bodies,

and that when we die,

we cross the blue doorway

to become once again,

part of the timeless time

of boundless infinity.

In the darkness

we traveled through

you taught me how to see

the unfeigned shine

of the sun, the moon,

and the stars filling the skies

with the breath of light.

Now I know how to look

and I see you now,

as you once and always were.

A single drop in a vast ocean

and the whole ocean itself,

singing the songs of life

along with all eternity.

Dewey Dirks

The Four Quests

The Four Quests

All of human endeavor

All the things we do

All the ways we act

All the things we make

Al the things we think

All the things we say

All the things we feel

All the things we don't say

Can all be gathered into efforts

To satisfy four quests

We strive

To increase our adaptability

To the ceaseless change

In the environment

We quest to find beauty

In ourselves and in the world,

We seek to increase

Our awareness and understanding

Of the Universe around us,

Or the things we do

Are an expression of love

Or a request for love

Now, beauty is only an auspicious

Arrangement of Nature

And adaptability

Is just the knack

Of making auspicious things

Endure through time

And what are understanding

And auspicious arrangements of Nature?

Well, that is what love is---

That and something we each need to feel

That extends far, far beyond

The conveyance of any words

Dewey Dirks

Small Happenings

Small Happenings

Amanda was a young woman,

Very petite and very pretty

Tending bar down at the Inn

Long blond hair and kind words

With a sincere smile

And an honest way about her

I watched her carry ice in from the back

In two five gallon buckets

After she was finished

I said, “You know, you're the first

Person I've seen in quite some time

Who didn't make that ice

Look like it was heavy.

And you're just a tiny thing.”

She smiled back and said,

“I study the martial arts

And I'm very strong but it fools people,

'Cause I'm not very big”

As she turned to help another customer,

I watched her move with the grace

Of a forest cat, lithe and free,

And I thought of tnt---

Which is much force in a little package,

Of swallows who are very small birds

Yet every year fly many thousand of miles

To journey between distant continents

With great strength of wing,

And I thought of how the greatest portions

Of love in life are always found

In the smallest of happenings

Dewey Dirks

Manifest

Manifesting

If you intend to manifest anything at all

You need to remember four things;

That you are breathing,

That the place

In which you dwell is very big,

That there are many others here with you,

And that all things are one thing

And ten-thousand things

At the very same time

You also need to remember

That your conscious mind

Knows what you really want to happen

Only about half of the time

But your spirit always knows

What you really want and need all of the time

And your spirit is the only thing about you

That is powerful enough

To manifest anything at all

You also need to remember

That while all you need

Is already inside of you

And you need to look no further than

What dwells within,

Manifesting anything is always

An interaction between you and the Universe

And always represents an agreement

Between you and Life itself

The Universe is all around you

And all inside of you at the same time

Manifesting is much more

Than just wishing very hard,

It is you reaching deep inside yourself

To touch your soul

And your soul reaching out

To touch all Life

What happens to you, my friend,

All that you encounter,

All that you see and all that you do

Are dances you dance

With Life itself 

 Dewey Dirks