Little Bear

HE LOOKED AT ME
AND SAID I WAS CLEAR:
CLEAR AS A BELL
ALMOST INCANDESCENT
HE SAW TRANSPARENT
THROUGH MY BODY
TO THE SPIRIT
HOVERING INSIDE
I HAD NO
PLACE TO HIDE
AND IT WAS GOOD
TO BE UNMASKED
THERE IN THE BRIGHTEST
OF LIGHTS
WITH OTHER LOVING
MINDS WATCHING,
IT WAS NOT A DREAM
BUT SUCH A SURPRISE
AFTER THE LONG
SIEGE OF PAINFUL
EVENTS,
MIXED IN WITH JOY
AND THE OPEN ROAD
IN FRONT
LAID OUT AHEAD,
I HAD PRAYED AND
WISHED THE
NIGHT BEFORE
TO BE VERY OPEN
AND JOYFUL,
TO WELCOME HIM
TO MY STAGE
THE WAY FOR HIS
TALE OF THE
ESSALEN NATION
TO BE FORTHRIGHT
AND OUT FRONT,
TO CONNECT MY
BOOKS
TO THE PASSION
OF TRUTH
THAT LIES
WITHIN A LEADER
WITH HIS BIG
ROUND DRUM,
SINGING
ACAPELLA
FEARLESSLY
ON TV,
PROUD TO
RANK THE EMOTIONS
OF HIS TRUTH
OVER THE AIRWAVES
AND INTO THE
HEARTS OF
VIEWERS
WHO NORMALLY
SEE THE ART
OF THE NEWBIE,
OR SOMEWHAT
OF A COMEDY,

BUT NO,
THIS MAN
WAS ON A MISSION,
AND LATER,
AFTER THE SHOW,
HE BLESSED ME
WITH A LARGE
BEAUTIFUL
EAGLE FEATHER,
QUIETLY TURNING
THE SET INTO
A PLACE
OF PRAISE,
HE COVERED MY
BODY WITH THE
LIGHT TOUCH AND
SOFT AIMING
AT THE SKY,
FOR THAT IS
WHERE THE
EAGLE SOARS
AND FINDS
HER WAY…
AND WHEN
HE SAID GOODBYE
THERE WAS
A SMILE THAT
TOLD ME
HE COULD SEE
RIGHT THROUGH
MY BODY
TO THE SOURCE
OF THE ENERGY
THAT SPEAKS
ONLY IN MY PRIVATE
PLACE,
THERE IS
HOPE
FOR ALL OF US,
IN THAT ONE
MOMENT,
I KNEW
IT WOULD
BE RESOLVED,
THIS COMPLICATED
LIFE
STREWN FORWARD
TO THE
PLACE OF
CLOUDS AND
DREAMS,
I MUST
BELIEVE
AND SO
CONCEIVE
THE LIGHT…