“Netsticity and Ecsticity”

It is not necessary to believe:

to leave the window, door ajar a crack,

to set the extra Sabbath plate,

to let the inner ear spiral open,

third eye open to light,

to stand in dark to wait

for the tender Muslim moon to smile,

to stay in dream’s bed

the extra ‘Rumi’ moment,

let vision’s whim guide your journey,

let a tickle guide your fingers’ journal,

exploring, blind,

potter to life’s turning wheel,

to taste bitter and find it also sweet,

to taste forbidden, taste foreboding,

gulp relief, “Take back the night!”

to move past man-made fears,

to parent tears,

to un-mask the greedy men

who make fear our ’father,’

to let fear’s lies

blow away on a wind

like cinders from a true fire,

to welcome bright-eyed owl

and many-armed spider,

snake shedding Her skin reborn,

scarab encasing hope beyond death,

to stretch gently beyond clenched fear,

to own the wrinkly witch in the mirror,

to walk through reality

with naked courage,

to let the meteor of awe

fall deep within, to awaken

to poetry between the lines of prose,

to meditation between breaths,

to gratitude for Mystery.

It is not necessary to believe

to become real,

to feel, to come alive, to heal,

to let reality swing open:

door to ecstasy!

© Tamara Rasmussen 2018