Everything There Is and Everything Past All That Never Came To Be and Everything That Will Last

A free verse poem inspired by a picture of a rainbow on September 11th

Experiencing elegiac synchronistic ekphrasia Knowing a poem will emerge from this visual ambrosia Two sprites high-fiving each other in the water right of Queensboro Know that my three eyes will translate this quite thorough

What is it about rainbows? Capturing imaginations of creation, as we forget and corrupt the meaning of created in the image of God, with all of Those powers Domes of protection emerging from turbulent storms When hearts feel the weight of worry Eyes look up and find comfort, smile, and kiss the sky Have you ever tried to touch the sky? It’s not difficult if you know where to look Quite easy actually it is, as Yoda would grammaticize We touch it We breathe it Every day, as the atmospheric zone we inhabit is part of the sky Yet, how does my favorite dictionary define this word you think you know The vault of heaven; Heaven, the dwelling place of God Lips purse and drink thirstily raindrops filled with the nectar of life Cycles Birth, death, rebirth Evaporation, condensation, precipitation Sun breaks through and our limited eyesight expands White light separates and all our sacred energies emerge to our senses Behold Gaia’s beauty Peace Conveying this feeling This meaning Realizing that billions and billions before have come and gone and yet remain Energy does not dissipate but merely transforms Thunderclap makes my heart skip a beat Wow! Such power released and captured when lightening passes through air heating it 5x times hotter than the surface of our star the Sun Pause… and imagine that… Like Brahma creates, Vishnu preserves, and Shiva destroys Simultaneous trinities Rain creates life, lightening lights destructive fires that fertilize soil Energy preserved and transformed What is it about rainbows that stop us dead in our tracks Perceiving from below a beautiful frown yet a smile if perceived from above Alchemy Look at the picture What do you see? ROYGBIV Full human spirit energetic chakra spectrum Red — root Orange — sacral Yellow — solar plexus Green — heart Blue — throat Indigo — third eye Violet wears the crown

Perhaps that’s why every human being loves rainbows Each arc represents all of us

Oneness

Namaste

A few hours after Alex sent me the picture, this story hit my Google News app:

Then the synchronistic enormity of the moment hit me.

Bless all the souls smiling down upon us who agreed in their soul contracts to end their present incarnations on 9/11/2001.

A few songs I could not help but think about as I created this poem:

I’d like to take this moment to thank all for the new contributions of personal essays and poems to Anthi Psomiadou’s, Claire Kelly’s, and my pub since we decided to reinvigorate it:

Shirley Willett

A very inspirational essay:

Learning and Teaching, Personal life experiences, observations and serendipity

Two beautiful poems:

Dear Audience, A synchronous channSpiration, with Anthi Psomiadou: “Friendship”

RAINDROPS and UNIVERSES, And the rains came — dots upon my window pane

Natasha MH’s wonderful essay:

Feminine Divine and Divinity, A woman, translated through time and language

jules - Miz Mindful’s great poems:

Days of Porch Swings and Rocking Chairs, Collection of moments, not things, thrives

Unlocking Buried Treasure, No matter what you call it — it’s living in sync

Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.’s powerful poetry:

Death Knocked Hard, He would not answer the door

There Be Angels Amongst Us, True story of an angelic rescue

Brooklyn Muse’s simply sublime:

Silence is the Skeleton Key that opens all doors to spiritual growth

Maria Rattray’s essay about synchronicity and serendipity:

We Were Trainees Together in Our Local Library, She left on the Friday, to be married on the Saturday, but did she? Imagine the shock of seeing her years later outside…

Reminding all our other writers that our pub is dedicated to celebrating synchronicity in all its forms and the magical alchemy that can result when we open our hearts and minds to embracing change and uncertainty and that we look forward to your contributions.

Stuart Englander | Kira Dawn | Susan Christiana | Shannon Pike | Sanghamitra Moulik | Ricky Derisz | Ravyne Hawke | Priyanka Priyadarshini | Dr. Preeti Singh | George Ochsenfeld | Noorain Ali | Nicky Dee | Kyomi O’Connor | Reverie | Libby Shively McAvoy | Keri Mangis | Katrina Bos | Kathryn Eriksen | Joseph Lieungh | Esther George | Jadine Lydia | Erin M. | Desiree Driesenaar | DL Nemeril | Debra Taitel | Denise Darby | Christina Sponias | A Unicorn Word | Bingz Huang | Camille | Carrie | Assumpta Nalubowa | A.P. Bird | Scott-Ryan Abt | Benighted | Charlie Cole | Terry Pottinger | Ikram Al Mouaswas | Jadine Lydia | Katherine Myrestad | Noorain Ali | River Grove | PoetChris | Garima Sharma | Sanghamitra Moulik | Shereese N. | Nikolaos Skordilis | Prasanna Srinath Subhasinghe | William J Spirdione | Joe Merkle

Does anyone else care to participate?

In Rama I create, with soul energy surging through my body, inspiring me and breathing wind into my sails,

Marcus (Gregory Maidman)