Dew on the Rose

An excerpt.

Grace is the breeze from the sweltering heat

love is rain seeping through cracked soil”

But you’re wilting in the sun, petals’ losing color

because you’re not rooted to common ground

Heartache, struggle, striving, yearning to be,

Spirit, better life, better world

these elements make the human garden grow

Stop,

blocking the sun saying yea and nay

without the inner search

Stop,

tumbling from heavens embrace

labeling things good and bad

don’t you know, it just isn’t so?

When it seems too much

Remember: There’s a lotus in the mud

and roses among the thorns

just turn to the breath

there’s power there

Breathe in through fears sting

breathe out when doubt looms strong

send out sweet- scented thoughts

till the downpour quenches every thirst

till every heart petal opens

Trials and tribulations will cease to alarm

and become dew on the rose