Poems for the Smiling Heart

Doors

A door opens in the sky
and as travellers
we are invited
into the home-space of stars.

The meticulous splendour of planets:
icy rings humming
shepherd moons whirling
harmonic resonance holding.

Freed from body and earth
our spirits rejoice:
a serpent surrendering its tired skin
a bee’s final sleeping on the purple aster
a tear falling into an ocean of forgiveness.

Through the wide doors in the universe
flow currents of correction:
a shadow dissolves into the sun
a hand reaches out to give
a mind bows elegantly to the eternal heart.