Celestial Dance
 
part
and parcel
particle
and wave
light is all
that dark is not
and both
beget
the whole
like the half-day
half-night
earth
in space,
a spinning,
celestial dance
 
disallowing fear
does not make one fearless
disavowing wrong
does not make one right
hiding from evil
one does not find good
 
as sure as one
cannot outrun
the turning world
to stay in the day
by being still, rooted here,
accepting
the curious night
as it will come
one can be
as one is,
afraid
and not afraid,
wrong
and not wrong
empty
and full,
simultaneously
begetting
the whole,
wonderful
whirling dance
 
-Rich Lamb
 
 

You are listening to the tune "Charade" performed by One Finger Snap

Ted Pearlman-trumpet Matt Houston-drums

Dana Marsh-piano Rich Lamb-bass

Poems
One Breath
 
breathe in as if
its your last
and gratitude wells up
with the air
in your chest
breathe out
trusting completely
let go
like a child's
soft hand
releasing the string
and become
the balloon
rising gently
away
 
-Rich Lamb