O Beloved! You Are the World…

O Beloved! You are my Everything!
You are the flowering of All Beauty
the depth of every sea and the crest of every wave..
You are the Light of the sun and moon and every star..
the Breath of every breath..
the Heart of every heart..the Soul of every soul
You are the secret whispering in the dancing wind..
You are the divine embrace that sweeps me into the
magnificent flowing Spirit that lives eternally..
the life-giving essence that sweetens the air
with the fragrance of every flower…
the scent of life..the glow of every lover…
the innocence of every child..
the purity of deep surrendering…
You are the peace of every being..
You are the dream..the hope..the truth..the vision
of imagination..the manifestation of life itself..
You are the integrity and warmth of Friendship…
the tears of tenderness…the dance of creation…
You are the sacrament of every moment…
the Presence that moves my days..and nights..
the glory of every morning..
the mystery creating all possibility..
You are the God of every religion..
the expression of faith that sustains me..
the bewildering sweetness of every kiss..
the arms open to every embrace..the pulsing rhythm
empowering the growth of the universe..
the deep uncreated space beyond time..
You are the creative power of all existence..
the majesty of every mountain..the music of every song…
you are the graceful lift of every wing..
the wonder that incites all growth..
the uniqueness of every face..of every shape and form..
the pure silence and rising birth of all renewal..
the belovedness of every longing..
If I were to write all that you are..I would
write to the end of time and begin again
in every beginning…
You are the highest..deepest…and most
glorious Love I will ever experience..
You are the most exalting feeling..
the lightning and laughter
and the highest Joy..
You are more than a belief..
You are the EXPERIENCE
I perceive and feel within me
O Beloved..I was born to sing to You..
to love You..to share the gift of You..
You are the Love of every life..
O my Beloved..my immortal Beloved..
You are my Everything….
Naomi

Surrendering to the Unknown

The rivering wine of love…

I could write until the end of time
and never touch
the beauty of what I feel..

I remember a moment

I felt I couldn’t breathe..
I thought my heart would stop
I had to run and seek consolation
in the darkness of the unknown
where the only light
was glowing in my heart..

for I had become
a human candle
burning in a longing vigil
that has flickered for
a million years..

Something set my heart
on fire and burned
away the shielding veil
and everything
was refined
into a river of wine
that would flow forever
and destiny was a forgotten word
in the cosmic winds of time..

What beats my heart..
who gives me life..
and why am I here..
were no longer questions I would ask

no answers would I seek
for I lost my breath and name
as I was drawn under
the rising and falling waves
of the flow
of the beloved..

Life is ever changing
ever new
while Love is always true
when it is formed
within you..

When the curtain

of Rumi’s  beloved Shams
was consumed
in flames
the scrolls of thousands of names
fell into the ruin of forgetting..

and when the nightingale
fell in love with the rose..
I knew the singing would never end..

Love that never dies
erases all the lies
obliterates illusion
ends confusion
and the beloved
opens the garden gate
to hearts
that have learned
to create..

A single moment can change the world
and dissolve time
suspending all endings
making each moment a first
creating a thirst
for the wine of beauty
that only love
can give..

Never intrusive
and always inclusive
an embrace
from the beloved claims
the heart forever
beneath a Sun that contains
every heart
in One..

Naomi Stone

“Surrendering to the Unknown”

Painting by Rassouli

Create through Love

 

Oh painters, poets, singers,

artists of the soul,

playing in the particles of life,

let the quivering molecules

of your being

wade in the energy of your

hidden laughter.

 

Become masters of the medium

of love

and splash your kisses 

across the sky!

Dip your brushes in your hearts

and create a vision

of the beauty crouching

within you,

ready to spring into life

as something new.

 

Let the winds of spirit blow

away the clouds

that cover your longing

 for freedom.

 

Dress your precious life in 

the colors of your soul

and let the wondrous visions 

flow into a stream of love.

 

Be an invitation, like the dawn,

coaxing and calling

us all to dance with the day,

to play, to sing,

to let the light of the sun make us

gleam and glow.

 

Let your sleeping heart awaken 

and push through the soil

of the body and mind

to be born again and again and again.

 

Let your sweet discovery 

bloom in wonder.

Greet the blossoms with shouts of joy,

as the petals of tenderness

surround you in a robe of rainbows

 and dripping wonder.

 

Be like Joseph in his coat

of many colors

with eyes that see the Pharaoh’s dreams

and ears that hear

 the songs of the night

locked in silence, weeping to be known.

 

Let the caressing touch of spirit

set you free

 to be, to live, to move, to flow,

and to create,

again and again and again.

 

Take my hand and dance me

into the mystery and

music of you.

 

 

Naomi