the yes of up and down, rigged deal

life is yes
and
 and gets better and better

or worse and worse

depending on the story we tell

and also:

how  aligned we are with our desire
in a simple
deep
and profound way

less effort
and some effort
more like attention

and some action
that's a thrill no matter
what "happens"

hmmmmm

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Life is Yes, even when you die

her former husband
the tug of love underneath yanking
and not connecting

died for her
died with her
teased and refused to be helped
so he would die
in her arms
in her heart

he loved her so much
and forgot
and they both didn't know how
to re tie the tie that didn't bind
and he died of a broken heart

not really
he died of a heart free,
free to give her the freedom to love
every moment because it is
not yet death
and when that comes
it's one more moment to love

and maybe she'll teach that
or maybe she'll just teach that you
are always married to the one you
love
and why waste a minute moment second
forgetting it,
even if you aren't together

the love is there
the child is there
the poems are there

Gilgamesh
that used to be recited by Gurdjieff's father,
from memory, passed down for generations,
before the scrolls were discovered

that poems says:
it can be rough

and the rough is life
and it stirs
no matter how fucking hard
that's life

and the child lives
and the love lives
and this moment lives
and this poem isn't good enough
for how beautiful she was

and that's good enough, too

it's all love,
all love

all love

Don't think, realize: All Moments are Equal

Time to get back
to a love poem a day

a love poem
to God
who is
What Is

who is
Now

who is
You

who is
Me

who is Life

who is
Yes

............

I once had a rascally fine teacher,
who said:
Don't think,
realize

He also said:
Time is for beginners,
breath is for finishers





..........
As my own teacher,
I had this realization in Dancing Together:
When I let go of the story that
any moment
is better than any other moment....

whoosh,
I'm free

the bottom falls out
the skies upon

what is embraces me
and I embrace what is

whoopie