Holiday Message to My Fellow Spiritual Journey Travelers
A tanka chain
Karmic soulmate friends Arrive, depart, the journey we perceive as life Everyone has a message Lest awareness allow us
Perceive the import of synchronous messages universe sends us We’re all interconnected Spirits here incarnated
Reflect on the souls we encounter every day on this pale blue dot Center of universe not Our ghosts of Christmases past
Each lessons impart from here there and everywhere From all of our “gods” have we derived from the Source Zoroaster, Hashem, Lord
Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, Mother Nature’s warmth, insulating blanket of white Christmas snow The peaceful easy feeling
Magic of lyrics Saints John, Paul and Gabriel Speak gospel for all Eagles desparados share Prayers to higher powers
Song references:
This poem started to percolate when I reflected upon where I was on Medium a year ago and had posted:
Diana C., Spyder, Joseph Lieungh, Paul Ryburn, M.Sc. Patrick Paul Garlinger, Alexandre Porto, Alan Lew, Lucy The Eggcademic (she/her), R. Rangan PhD, Brenda Abigail, MSc, Alexandra Blue, Spiritdecoder, Henery X, Jean Carfantan, Jennifer B. Calder, Dr Mehmet Yildiz, Ravyne Hawke, Adam Borowski, The Dozen, and anyone I missed who sees this snow angel made last Sunday by an actual Soul of the purest energy
Wishing you all limitless undying love of a million suns
The genesis for today’s poem I had written as a senryu in my head in an Uber today:
Friends come and friends go Spiritual principles Your soul’s the whole world
Those not tagged as links there are so because they have blocked me (your loss) except for Adam, who to all of our loss, removed himself from Medium because he grew disenchanted with the platform.
A week later I posted:
To which I had added the following friend tags: Britni Pepper, Tree Langdon, my dear friend Anthi Psomiadou, Desiree Driesenaar, and Lawson Wallace.
Calling attention now to a beautiful Merry Christmas poem in which the beautiful soul Kim Petersen tagged me yesterday:
Tagging now for share (screw you Medium for discouraging this practice) the so many friends I have made since last holiday season on this platform with apologies to anyone I am remiss to mention. I’ll start with my favorite meaningfully engaging readers:
LMWade and Life is Amazing with Books and Writers — you two bring tears of joy to this writer’s eyes.
David Perlmutter I so appreciate your quick highlights and claps.
Esther George you will forever occupy a special place in my heart.
Anthi Psomiadou, you’re unnecessarily difficult (now figure out why I say that :-p ) and I love you.
Libby Shively McAvoy you are priceless. Our chapters have yet to be closed.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz you are tagged above but deserve being mentioned again and again.
Dr. Preeti Singh Rama loves us both and made sure we encountered each other.
Ravyne Hawke (also tagged above), my dear friend, my hun, Lori, I love you and cherish you so much. I appreciate your friendship and your poetry prompts have challenged me to rise to an unimagined level.
Nicole Dreyer you rock.
Kira Dawn, you are my sunrise and sometimes I wait up to see your highlight pen color almost every word in my posts.
jules you are a mentor’s dream and I learn so much from you as well.
Alexander Philip Bird I expect great things from you.
Melanie J. I love our chats and the growth and wisdom you display.
Joseph Lieungh, our synchronicities continue to abound.
Claire Kelly, my dearest friend and fellow Feb 15th entry, I adore and cherish every breath you take.
Holly Kellums, get your head out of your ass and show not just speak your appreciation to your friends. I know I can say that to you.
Amy Marley, thank you for you.
Thief, I stole your rank.
Rebecca Romanelli, my fellow pod traveler, I am forever grateful for every word in your comments.
Group thanks time and apologies to anyone I am remiss not to have mentioned: Kyomi O'Connor, Chelsea Mandler MAT, Maria Rattray, Stuart Englander, Agnes Laurens, Jean Carfantan Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D., Josh Balerite, Tree Langdon, James G Brennan, Dr. Fatima Imam, William J Spirdione Keri Mangis, Arthur G. Hernandez Desiree Driesenaar, Carol Price, Ikram Al Mouaswas, Karen Madej, ILLUMINATION ILLUMINATION-Curated, John Cunningham, Reverie, I. Trudie Palmer, Anjali Samaraweera, John Partinnin-Lowe, Frank Ontario, Rebecca Romanelli, Zen Chan, Katrina Bos, David Pahor, Ane
In Rama I create, with soul-energy surging through my body, inspiring me and breathing wind into my sails,
Marcus (Gregory Maidman)
