Poem by Robert Ossana of Utah 2007


I wrote this poem as an expression of Love for a teacher who helped me along the way.

A ROSE FROM ROBERT

SHAFTS OF LIGHT
PEAL ROUND THE HEIGHTS
THAT PENETRATE THE SEA

AT WATERS EDGE
THEN LEDGE ON LEDGE
THE SURF IS RUNNING FREE

YOULL FIND ME THERE
WITHOUT A CARE
CENTERED IN MY BEING

WITH SAFFRON HUES
AND AQUA BLUES
TWAS IN THE MIDST OF DREAMING

I WAS TOLD
BY A SAGE OF OLD
FOR WHOM I HAD BEEN SEEKING

TO LOOK NO MORE
UPON THOSE SHORES
TO FIND MY INNER MEANING

FOR ON THESE COASTS
THE SACRED HOST
IS THE SILENCE YOUR ARE KEEPING

Poem by Robert of Utah 2007

I AM NOT THE BODY
I AM NOT THE MIND
NOR ANYTHING MATERIAL
TO WHICH YOUR HEART CAN BIND
NO SPLITTING OF THE ATOM
NO MEASURMENT OF TIME
HAVE ANY RELATIVITY
THAT YOULL EVER FIND

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOUNTAIN
MY SOUL HAS BEEN RESTORED
WHERE YOULL FIND ME CLIMBING
ASCENDING FROM THE GORGE
ALONG THE SACRED PATH
SO MANY HAVE ENDURED
I WILL PERSEVERE
YOU CAN REST ASSURED

I WAS NEVER BORN
AND I WILL NEVER DIE
JUST ACCELERATING
TO WHAT IS FOUND INSIDE
AT THIS INTERSECTION
WITH CONSCIOUSNESS REFINED
TO PROJECTED IMAGES
THAT BORDER ON DIVINE

IN THIS ELEMENTAL ATMOSPHERE
RESOUNDING AT THE FORGE
WITH ITS BELLOWS GLOWING
TETHERED TO A SWORD
GLEANING ANCIENT WISDOM
FROM HARMONIC CHORDS
WHILE CELEBRATING LIFE
I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE

Poem by Robert of Utah 2007

IT WAS A BRIGHT OCTOBER MORNING
THE DAY HAD JUST BEGUN
WITH A CANOPY OF COLORS
BENEATH THE AUTUMN SUN
AND TERRACED FIELDS OF LIGHT
THAT BECKONED ONE ON ONE

ALL HAD SEEMED SO VIVID
WHEN THIS LANDSCAPE DISAPPEARED
INTO EMBRYONIC GARDENS
THAT WENT FLYING OFF IN SPHERES
TO FORM A HALO ROUND ME
ABSOLVED OF ALL MY FEARS

WHEN I TURNED TO SEE AN AVATAR
I WAS NO LESS ENGAGED
BY SHRI SHRI BABAJI
THERE ON CENTER STAGE
INSPIRED BY HIS TEACHING
READING PSALMS FROM EVERY PAGE

HOW CAN YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME
BEFORE THE RACE IS RUN
LOVE TRUTH AND SIMPLICITY
AROUND THE WORLD FLUNG
SPREAD THROUGH THE WORLDS CULTURES
THEIR LANGUAGES AND TONGUES

ITS NOT I WHO TELL YOU
THE COURSE THAT YOU SHOULD STEER
BUT LEFT TO OTHER MASTERS
WHO ARE MORE REVERED
AND SPEAK THE GOSPEL TRUTH
IN WAYS THAT ARE SINCERE

WE ARE KINDRED SPIRITS
AND FROM THE DUST WERE MADE
LIKE THE TRUTHS OF NOBLE WISDOM
ARE EVER MORE THE SAME
OM NAMAH SHIVAYA
AS I APPROACH THE FLAME

Song by Susan K (skapatoes@comcast.net)

Oh, Love
Gentle is the way
That I want to be with you
Gentle is the only way
That I want to do

'Cause I see all your faces
Looking back at me
I see all the love inside
Waiting to get free...

Oh you can't deny it
It's right there in your eyes
No you cannot hide it
It's been there all the time...been there all the time

Chorus:
Because Love is free
It's there inside of you
Love is free
So what are you going to do ?
Love is free

I feel all the yearning
From your hearts to mine
I see all the people
Thinking it's not true
But, I see all the peace inside
Waiting to break through

I know you want to share it with someone
You want to hold out your hand
Well, you can take a deep breath now
Because I understand...yes I understand

Love is free
It's there inside of you
Love is free
So what are you going to do ?
Love is free

Gentle is the way
That I want to be with you
Gentle is the only way
and I'm sharing it with you
I'm sharing it with you

Love is free Love is free
Love is free Love is free
Love is free Love is free

Om Namah Shivaya,
Susan K