poem: giving way, letting go, surrender, redemption

poem: giving way, letting go,
surrender, redemption

have you surrendered
your success and privilege
of the ego’s personal greed
and swelling pride

and the imperialistic empire’s
power, control, and violence
for the life giving way
of empowerment, liberation, and peace

the noisy mind
in its cloying
sentiment and deceit
does not give way easily

all our self indulgence,
hubris, demanding,
pleading, and panic
finally must be relinquished

thus sitting silently
contemplating the void
of dependence arising
listening for the next right thing

the spirit seeks the balance
that the mind and body
cannot bear alone
in this world

now arising in our
organic, holistic, unified
heart of knowing
preparing us for right action

oh divine cosmic one
awaken in me
this practice that
ultimately redeems us

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
June 9, 2021

art by RSRLive Arts
‘Mind Body and Soul Kundalini’

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