Heart Shared

...my heart
shared
with one
too many
or not
cracked open
too wide
or not
too deeply
or not
too freely
or not
perhaps not
shared
my heart...

July 23, 2011

I am grateful for this,
A peaceful morning moment,
in my secret garden,
Eyes relaxed,
Listening as the fountain
spills out its life story
across the glassy surface,
Splashed in a thousand lines,
Rippling for the koi
to act out in their flowing dance
beneath the surface,
And under the reflections
of this waking day

Journey

I surrender to my journey

My way no lesser path

A greater truth I find within

Of God, there is no wrath.

cb - 2011

Sunset

Calvin C. Boykin, Jr - 3/1/24 - 10/23/08


Sun sets a dimming view

for a gaze across the sea,

Nonetheless to ponder

Life's ebb and flow to be,

And I, a different journey

my ebb and flow at sea,

And ebb the dimming sunset

and ebb the tide for me.

- ccb III, 2010 -

A Prayer of Affirmation

Dear God, through your wisdom and loving guidance

I see myself turning inward and finding peace within myself

as I draw upon all the knowledge and gifts you have given me,

to help me navigate through the challenges I face today.

I see myself calm and focused and moving with grace and poise

and the confidence you have blessed me with.

I see myself pausing along the way in gratitude for all the love

and compassion in my heart that flows through me and touches

all who are with me and around me.

I see myself whole and perfect, full of abundance and prosperity,

just as you have made me for this world.

And I am grateful for Your gentle guiding hand in my life.

Thank you, God.

Amen.

~ cb 2011 ~

A Writer's Prayer

Dear Father, Mother, God, as you unfold this day please help me to remember that another line is written and another page turned with every thought and feeling that crosses my mind or surges through me. Please help me to remember that I have the ability to capture them in the moment and set them free to flow across the page in my own unique way, expressing the many gifts you have given me to share. And that you have given me the courage to do so. For these things I am grateful. And so it is. Amen.

The Dream

“Step carefully,” the boy cried 

to the old man at the edge

“There’s a current slow and deep,

it runs under the shallow ledge!”

Floating by, a leaf  

To be plucked into his dream

By the old man now standing there

and staring by the stream

Gazing down, his reflection

all but reflected back,

All the years of plenty

and all the year of lack

Silently he sat, 

his eyes closed

in the dream

and plucked the leaf

from the water

as he slept now by the stream

The leaf became his clipper

It was now the night to sail

To beyond the shores of plenty

out through the raging gale

Now captain of his ship,

he commanded, "boys, sail ahead!"

A young lad took the tiller

and into the dark they sped

The horizon line their destiny

as they rose upon the swell

Imagination their guiding star,

and deeper to sleep he fell

But the small boy reached in 

and plucked him from the stream 

and walked him to the path,

away now from his dream

Together through the wood
the boy took him to the spring,

They sat there by the water

And reflected on the dream. 

Gazing down, his reflection

all but reflected back,

All the years of plenty

and all the year of lack

The horizon was his destiny

He had ridden upon the swell

Imagination his guiding star,

His dreams he could not quell

So the captain stood

and commanded, 

"boy, it’s time to sail ahead!!!"

And the young lad took the tiller

and into the light they sped

~ cb 07/09/11 ~