the tossing of the rose

the surrendering of the kingdom.

handle a large kingdom with as gentle a touch as if you were cooking a small fish.
-lao tzu

this nakedness: there is a realness to it.
the mystery is solved. at last.
crooked nights when it was long in our thoughts.
quiet days when the mind was empty
and you think of the body of the other.
what to touch, what to taste.
a sacred thing, the act of it.
and now the kingdom is offered to you,
and you, in turn, offer up a kingdom as well.
the dye is cast. the rose is tossed.
the mind is empty and the kingdoms are surrendered.
nakedness. nothingness. every beginning is new.

james lee jobe

An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.

-Hafez

I choose to believe. I don't care what you do. 

why are the rivers and seas lords of the waters?
-lao tzu

the sea? the sea does exactly what it wants. you know that.
the river is subtle, changing course once in a while on a whim.

my eyes are blue seas, not a river. (I just had to say that.)
great white sharks are circling, so swim at your own risk.

is there hope? of course there is. faith has been left up to us.
I choose to believe. I don't care what you do. It's a funny life.

why are the rivers and seas lords of the waters?
why are the mountains and hills lords of the land?

everyone and everything needs someone
or something that they can look up to.

I look up at the birds when they fly, but by god,
when they walk they look up at me.

james lee jobe

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