above stars

Alone beneath these stars

I sometimes wonder how far

And how I long to be alone

 To wish away desires

Like a tossed skipping stone

 

Moving towards right mindfulness

 A broken past surely won’t be missed

And with each patient moment

A little more revealed

To tickle new insights

Moving me to heal

 

Calmly and passively proud

This breathing begins to slow

As the depth of the night sky descends

Relieves me

To swallow me whole

 

For once was a fettered soul

For a jewel on a path shown

With witness and awareness dancing afar

What a journeys end becomes

Leaves me resting with these stars

 

By Raymon Palermo