a red leaf drops upon the still green grass

a red leaf drops upon
the still  green grass, knowing
how to toughen up in the storm

no harm will come, because she knows
her family will soon be joining her
below the beloved maple

sun light dips down, in a swirl
of recognition; we all transform,
as gifts from heaven

Kate Lamberg
9/6/11

To Own Oneself

"To be willing to walk into hell for a heavenly cause" Don Quixote'

To own oneself is to not be led by any one's opinions, nor to be ashamed of one's own thoughts or feelings.
To really stand for one's self, is the penultimate expression of going into the lion's den, with just a prayer.

Ones' blood may be running dry, one's home flying into space, one's family fleeing by what they call your actions a disgrace. Still you hold on to the last standing tree, holding the last apple, wearing your beloved soul, thread bare and honest. Your integrity covering your entire aura.

Self love has the power to open doors of immense mahogany, leading you a  splendid life. A life you never could have imagined.   Stepping into the portal of effulgent light, you hear angels applauding your integrity. Tasting the vanilla in the moon light, your hungry soul is nourished.

You soul becomes satisfied, perhaps for the first time in your life. With the simple act of listening to what your heart has always nudged you towards. A soft whisper saying, "it is safe", "go ahead". "those who don't understand you now, may later." The point is...to understand yourself, and the reasons you have come to the earth at this time".

Your brilliance will pave the path for further self-awareness.   You won't have to convince anyone of anything. You will be so free of needing any assurance outside your own metered heart beat. Life becomes the vibrancy we felt as children. You are able to become this now, and your smile radiates pure joy.

You have harnessed your true self, owning it to the deepest core of your soul.


~Kate Lamberg
9/6/11

worshiping beauty
every living thing is touched
beauty born  wonder

morning light spirals
inbetween tall pines, breathing
fresh air of morning

blue-green suffused with
golden warmth radiating
sun's joyous awakening


Kate Lamberg
9/5/11

peonies

voluptuous peonies
clustering pink, orange, red
bring autumn inside




Kate Lamberg
9/5/11

there is no remedy for love

There is no remedy for love but to love more." - Henry David Thoreau



show me a love
in need of repair,
and i'll show you one
that is made more loving

by paying attention to
each other through baring,
over-lapping-- a sharing:
streams coming together,

having the ability to flow
in opposite directions, pursuing
unique passions, eventually

enhancing the breathing-as-one
deepened spirited joy-

to every relation ship
whose loving worship
is one and the same
to one's prayer for peaceful rain

Kate Lamberg
9/2/11

an absent-minded moon

an absent-minded moon

an absent-minded moon
leaves much to be desired;
oh won't it be present
to it's own waxing ways

as the less direct, but still strong sun,
burns a hole through summer dresses-
leaving room for ombre woolens,
and wooden  bowl of persimmons

we still moon bathe outside the windows
closing in the calendar month, september;
red japanese maple brightens
below the growing milk drenched moon

Kate Lamberg
9/3/11

Do not go to the garden...

“Do not go to the garden of flowers!
O friend! go not there;
In your body is the garden of flowers.
Take your seat on the thousand petals of the
lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.”
~Kabir


do not go to the garden
to find the very sweetness
born of your own soul

while sitting purely
still, allowing quietude
it's natural place

all the sweet flowers
within the cosmos emerge,
brightening all things


Kate Lamberg
9/2/11