the Wise Heart

To heal you must remember who you really are.  The no matter what happens to you,

You can rely on this innate courage, you can trust your own wise heart because nothing and no one can take them from you.

                                                                                Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness, pp.8,9

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S

it could be a lot of things

S for Steve, Stephen, Stevie

Stephen Paul if I'm in trouble

S for self

in search of self

S

is cooler than Steve

which reminds me

of some 50's

sitcom character

the nice guy

in the cardigan

with highwater slacks and

black shoes

Stevie, the skinny little guy

in black plastic glasses

big ears

and a crew cut

bony knees

total geek

a bit out of sync

with the guys with hair

in

yes

those places

who have left their mothers behind

Stephen

ah yes

once the earnest young

philospher, theologian

going to be

a star someday

read

listened to

admired

now, no longer so hopeful

 or young

but still hoping

to make a difference somewhere

God’s person???

Ah yes, definitely that

For my own wise heart

Knows

Knows

That I participate in

I am grounded in the Sacred

And nothing can take that from me