A-live in Twenty Twenty-Five

On the eve of the New Year
the stars shone remarkably
*bright* and *bold*
in a marvelously clear and deep blue-black sky
a seeming portent of promise
an auspicious sign
amid unseasonable weather
that washed away the crunching white
joy of December snow 

the year gone by was marked
by repetitive showers of uncertainty
laced with hail of deliberate confusion
and wraiths of drifting mists
and more was sure to come
but behind that veil
we all well know
celestial bodies glow  

So here’s to 20-25
an unsettling yet remarkable time
to be a-live and un-learning
ever more 

Astonishment is thinking
wrote Ludwig Wittgenstein
and given the seismic flow of enormous
surprises surfacing every which where
Earthlings all who are attending
are expanding their capacities
for awful learnings
reinstated information
and miraculous phenomena
thus far possibly but a pale preparation
for the torrent of further upheavals
divulgations and unearthed facts
hastening toward them 

yet the promise of renewal shimmers vividly
                        some nights
the stars seem closer
and soon all the planets will align 

Imagine for a moment your greater
            senses
            being
            connections
bursting forth from  palls
                           & thralls
                     from a long diminished-state
should you so choose
                     to emerge
                                    arrive
unique            whole             sense-full 

the intention is this 

you’ll find yourself
            wherever you are
full of radiant knowing
sagaciously discerning
                        trick from truth
                        lies from love
                        limbo from life 

we shall revel in generative wisdom
bid farewell to waking-oblivion
welcome         love     abounding 

from here on in we become
our complete selves
restored and recovered 

May 2025 bring planetary healing
may we re-connect
          with
     each other
and may
     b a l a n c e
          thrive