Morning meditation, balcony side, seated in lotus
Closed eyes flicker mid rumination
Attention diverted, my head tilts, eyes wide open
Skyline writing, cloud-born etching; message received
"LIVE" inscribed in puffy letters
Softens the harder parts of me
The parts that introspection misses
Divinely mastered, not an illusion
Not a trick or coincidence contributing to further confusion
Just a loving peck on my cheek- ether's kiss
A matter-of-fact memo, short and direct
Chasing away my earth-based concepts with heaven's help
Floating air particles put my mind in check
Trusting a source beyond human understanding
Alters my perception of spiritual guidance
Neither here nor there, but in between
An elbow, poke, or loving prod
A landline call, heaven's nod
Cloud-based bulletin highlights the seen-of-unseen
Simple gestures. To uplift. Inspire
My psyche's playback that I require
Am I living or merely surviving?
Or am I blindly trance-state thriving?
Perhaps I must review what I am subscribing to
Self-denial is death by ignorance
I close my eyes again, deep breathing, deliverance
***
Author's note: This is my final entry in this challenge, based on a real-life occurrence that happened this morning while I was sitting on my balcony. I looked up and saw "LIVE" written in the clouds, clear as the new day upon me. After sitting with my message for a while, I came into my office and wrote this poem.
Do we receive messages from heaven here on earth? Absolutely!!!
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Marilyn Glover
Poet, writer, & editor, writing to uplift humanity. A Spiritual person who practices Reiki and finds inspiration in nature.
Mother of four, grandmother of two, British American dual citizen living in the States
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (5)
This is beautiful. What an incredible moment to witness and capture in words.
What a great way to write poems. I often see words, too in my meditations. They just pop up in my head. Beautiful poem!
Oh wow, it's so cool that you saw that in the clouds. Loved your beautiful poem!
Messages can be seen in a lot of places, I agree. I love your contemplation of the message you received!
Great work and I do see things and ideas written in the clouds once in a while. You can learn a lot from the shapes of the clouds.