Putting On The Gown (Brief Essay)

Putting on The Gown (brief Essay)

by Tim Kavi

often mentioned in my poetry along with themes about goddesses and the Goddess are phrases about the gowns of a goddess. Putting on the gown, or putting on the robe, to me, means getting in touch with our spiritual histories, our inner natures, learning from archetypes in history, and/or preparing for the mystical path or embarking on a spiritual quest. It is preparing for the path to the highest place of the Holy. And it is found in and on the very day where putting on beautiful raiment, doesn't mean just fabric, but adorning ourselves with truth and authenticity that reflect our inner natures, even if it is a humble monk's robe, or the goddess gowns of myth, we are adorning ourselves in the practicality and beauty for all that is more deeply beautiful and sacred. For, as we turn to the everyday centeredness of our journeying souls...it isn't what we physically wear, but what we spiritually wear, and how we treat each other that lights the path we endeavor. And when I say, the goddess gown is flapping in the wind, I am not only saying we have beautiful natures, but we are also allowing ourselves in compassion, to show those natures to a darkened world. It is a serious putting on of something sacred that isn't just physical.~~TK

Stinging Nettles and Table of Bread (New Poem)

 

Stinging Nettles and Table of Bread (New Poem)
by Tim Kavi

stinging nettles

thorny places

betray the beauty

of our gardened places

there is in the stillness

a planting

a dancing collapse

of earthy relations

the Earth moves

contracts labors

and gives birth

the pleasant

is mixed in

with the plowing

and the planting

of Our watered beings

we begin small

and like all plantings

of love

we hope to grow tall

it is a true glory

a ready-made fashion

of the journey

of Nature's story

it is as natural 

as friend-to-friend

man to woman

lover to lover

bowing before

the table of hallowed bread

in the Holy Place

we see what

God has prepared.

Only What We Know (new poem)

 

Only What We Know

by Tim Kavi 

there is only

what we know

what we try to know

and what

we strive to know

in the end

it may be only

what we want

to know

but acceptance

of what one is

where one is

and how to move forward

in circling ramparts

we hide and do battle

with ghosts and regrets

yet one never forgets

the lessons of the past

while trying to escape them

where only such tortured souls

can finally sing

of resistance

the path of the mystic I reckon

longed for meaning

that leads to meeting

that which was unknown

and is totally 

responding to freedom's beckon

made new

I am the poet undone

and finding himself again

breathing of my existence

I vow not to run

but to climb the mountain

of radical acceptance

I am finally made whole again

singing songs to you

and loving you again.

Living Spaces (New Poem)

 

Living Spaces

by Tim Kavi 

the space between the grains in the universe 

was empty, because I hadn't seen you yet

your memories filled the spaces

for your love was behind all that existed

For YOU are the woman with a being, so alive

a woman majestic and blessed

touched by the gentility of your culture

to love and care for others

to shine your cosmic light

into the heart of a loving family

we are forever in your debt

your hard work

your dedication

is the foundation for a beautiful house

filled with the rooms of our love!

in the gardens

your goddess gown 

is a path to the breeze of the Holy

and your kisses

are the campfire at night!

Gaia's Heart (new poem)

Gaia's Heart (new poem)

by Tim Kavi

there was the burning path

crackling in the wind

as I traveled up the mountain

to the shrine of your love 

would your love save me

and the rest of us

in this burning world?

awaken, you said with a wink

as your gown flapped in the wind

it is almost too late, humans

your goddess said

Gaia shook with tears as they rolled down her cheeks

Her eyes were darting to and fro

for a friendly face

but there, the world had forgotten

your saving grace 

it was almost too late

with urgency and haste

She speaks the message

save the planet

off-worlders may be too late

will Gaia act quickly?

to rebound, and save her living face?

silly humans

she said

as the Earth ripped open and bled

her heart was beating now

but not for long

in your reliance on me

YOU forgot that this was your own undoing

your swan song

change, redeem, reverse

don't just trust engineering

correct your poisonous ways

before it's too late! 

Mystic Rumblings (new poem)

 

Mystic Rumblings (new poem)

by Tim Kavi

across the land of seasoned night

one seeks and proudly thinks

they are the chosen

only to emerge into the light

and find out they are still frozen

I'm not the only one to discover

that I'm in the long night of the Soul

there are no lighthouses up here

no fleeces or animal skins to cover

no atonement or burnings, to make whole

this is the way to not talk about it

to remain forever humble

so cut my tongue out

and make my longing heart not fit

the scenario that leads only to a stumble

is the way of the familiar

the Narrow Ridge

across the abyss

seeking a lover

when there is no real kiss

that is the time to have faith

in the waterless desert.

In Love's Power (new poem)

 

In Love's Power

by Tim Kavi

In love's power

we have the grip

that will sustain us every hour

In love's power

we have the provisions

of happiness in a shower

there was a lonely man

who, finding love's power

he was freed in love

shackles broke from his hand

there is a lovely woman

encountering each other

they spoke, they called out

made one in love's power

the quietness filled with music

poetry, and love

he beheld her in passion

life's greatest joy!

walking in love's power

there are no more tears

only happy contentment

in each other's arms!

In love's power

there is an eternity

of kisses, hugs

and listening hearts!

So let us love 

with the power of love

let us love

powerfully. 

Poet's Afterword: We cannot underestimate the power of love. It will surprise you, lighting your darkest hour. It will cozy up to you when you think you are alone and no one understands you. It will hold your hand all along life's road. In love, we can reach out to the Other, and in love, they can choose to reach back. Hugs, kisses, and delights are in the eyes of each other for their beloved!  It will keep us and sustain us. Interesting song here: Huey Lewis and the News sing: The Power of Love Photo source: Michael Jarmoluk on Pixabay~~TK