Gems

 Gems
 
If you look close enough you can see them
twinkling like tiny specks in amongst
the darkness of your mind's cave.
Watch as their tiny blackened fingers reach out to catch
each ray of unexpecting  sunlight that passes by.
Just observe how they grab that light,
pull it in to their center, absorb it, embrace it.
See how they then  grow and expand
with each small sip of nature's nourishment they swallow,
puffing up their chests, opening their hearts
freeing their illuminated beings from the rock
where they were once buried, hidden from view.
 
Pay attention to how they begin to shine,
sparkling and glistening with this tiny taste of Source energy,
transforming from nuggets of noxious coal
that spent  lifetimes  escaping  the miner's axe  
into brilliant diamonds and sapphires.  
Observe how that which was once denied,
 perceived as ugly and painful, not worthy of attention
 now reflects all that is beautiful ,
filling up the cavities of your being  with radiant light.
And all it took was your willingness
to stick your head into this cave,
and to see, really see
 the tiny specks of brilliance
that  suffering has made.

Dale-Lyn April 15, 2020

Okay...that just came out and I let it.  Was listening to a dharma talk as linked below and Br Phap Lai was quoting   his teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh Gems shine brightly in the midst of suffering.  and I knew once I heard that, I was going to cough up a poem lol.  It is what it is.

All is well.

Plum Village (June 2019) Being Present for Ourselves/ Neuroscience Retreat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKIdXfkqOzc