Our lives are the opening and closing
of hungry mouths
eating over and over again
this human experience
over and over again consumed
by joy and grief in the endless
cycle of the in and out breath
what is this life if not the endless
expression of love
as we learn to love ourselves
as easily as the grass
grows green in the spring
open your mouth
and swallow everything
we are all so hungry
for the bitter and the sweet --
the soft taste of salt from tears
Eat this life up
Eat it whole
Eat every precious moment
that your breath allows
Oh, Beautiful Sky God
Endless Starlit Heaven,
pour into me the Milkyway
pour into me endless expanse
fill me to overflowing
with starlight and love
show me how to devour
this life --
because I am hungry
and the leaves are turning
from green to gold
show me how to exhale
in the chilly morning air
atop this mountain
as the wind makes rivers
through the shining leaves
I am hungry for the stillness
and the expansion
and the silence that surrounds
all things
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