“TWO EAGLES SEEKING THE FREEDOM OF OPEN SKIES” a poem about overcoming self doubt and despair through the power of two hearts becoming one in Love
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL By Chinmayan
THE DAWNING LIGHT—Daily Journal Of Inspirational Writing For The Soul
Volume 8, Issue Number 885…For Friday, April 12, 2024
JOURNEY Of The HEART Section # 523…Poetry and Love Songs by Chinmayan to encourage you to open your heart to Love, overcome all the inner doubts and soar like an eagle in the open skies of life!
All images in this issue courtesy of Pixabay
TWO EAGLES SEEKING THE FREEDOM OF OPEN SKIES “No bird soars too high If he soars on his own wings” —William Blake “When two eagles choose each other As soaring soul mates for life, They know their wings are made For sharing the joys of flight, Flying together wingtip to wingtip In the glorious freedom of open skies…” —Yeshe Gyamtso Here beside the untamed waters Of this little creek, I am searching For a way out Of my own inner darkness And gathering despair As evening falls. I do not know What it is Or where it comes from Nor why it hovers Around my heart Like a thunderstorm But I feel hot flashes Of lightning, bolting through The skies of my Suddenly cloudy mind. There is no refuge, No place to hide— For this storm Comes from within, And not even you— My great and beautiful love, Gently stroking my hair With hands of affectionate concern, Can protect me from This inner fury. But, as always, If I am to see the truth, I must have The courage to look— And as I look I begin to see The genesis of This inner fire— And it is the same As yours, my love— My desire to change, To soar to greatness, To claim my destiny, Has become such a Furious flame that It leaps through The vault of sky With impatient impetuous Intensity whenever it appears— Even when I feel that The obstacles are too great To overcome and I cannot become That which I long So much to be. For starting always, As I must, From this here and now, I run headlong into my Own doubts and scorn of The apathetic world, So good at denying Itself and that Which is really true— And my passion for greatness Gets turned back Upon myself and Like an eagle pierced Through the wing With a burning arrow, I begin to fall As a self consuming flame And as I fall The storm begins to rage And I lose all sight Of what will or could be Until I forget even How the storm began, Finally lashing out Like a hurricane At myself and then, At you my love. But beloved, let us remember To be patient with Ourselves and each other— Let us never forget Who we really are And why we are together— Let us be lovers Who never turn love Into a funeral pyre Through forgetting what Our love really is And what our Love is all about. You know I need your Love And the safety of our sweet alignment Of hearts which grows day By day, hour by hour Until every word we share, Every glance and touch and Kiss is full of our lifting power. You know I need your eyes To shine their loving mirror To awaken me again And again and yet again— To remind me that I truly am the eagle Who is learning How to fly— That we are two eagles Teaching each other How to love with pure Love, Even in this tortured And tortuous world. April 30, 1986 Still Mountain Sanctuary
AN ABSOLUTELY LOVELY and HEART MELTING LOVE SONG FOR YOU…that goes perfectly with this poem!
“Soaring High” by CalledOut Music with complete on screen lyrics
Calligraphy by Chinmayan
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“Your greatest service to humanity is to attain your own Self Realization!” Ramana Maharshi
“When you change the way you think about things, and the things you think about change”
—Wayne Dyer
“I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.” —Ram Das
“When God is the center and focus of my life, everything else falls into it’s rightful place.”
—Chinmayan
“You were born to soar ever higher on the sweet currents of pure unadulterated Love….”
—Yeshe Gyamtso