Taking Time Out For Retreat: “A Long Hot Summer Of Days.”
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SPIRITUAL SOUL
THE DAWNING LIGHT # 99 SATURDAY MAY 6, 2023
JOURNEY OF THE HEART # 85
Photo Credit: Chinmayan “The View From Still Mountain.”
A LONG HOT SUMMER OF DAYS Taking Time Out For Retreat on Still Mountain Now that Spring is here And the edge of summer Is coming towards me Like a wave, I want to pay all the bills, Pack up my little store One last time, Stow away the dishes And kerosene lamps And clocks and plants Aboard my house on wheels And head out for Still Mountain. I would like to journey Through one long night, Far out into the country, Far from this jagged city To the land which waits For my coming with Opening buds and other Signs of Spring. I would like to give myself A long hot summer of days On Still Mountain— Attending to the needs of My heart and spirit, Instead of the needs of My bank account— Attending to the cutting of New trails in the still moist hillsides, The bending and cutting and Joining of wood and windows Into our cabin, still unfinished On the high ridge with its Ever expanding view of Wilderness places… Sitting beside the roaring Creek day after day At dawn and sunset, As it gradually tapers down To a trickle between a few Pools sheltering tiny trout And old orange bellied and Slow walking salamanders— Until my soul is quiet and still And shimmering with light Like those secret pools Reflecting the moon at night— Healed by the heat of endless Days and casual carelessness After my long hard winter In the world of men. April 11, 1985
Photo Credit: Chinmayan “View from Milarepa Ridge on Still Mountain.”
Original Poem and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
Image Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Retreat
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