love and resistance
Being Human Poetry by Nitai Aleksiewicz
Would you like to go emotionally spelunking with me?
Come, Let’s swim into the cave together.
Becoming
Let there be an unfolding
into all you have always been.
Intensify yearning
to taste yourself,
Until betraying oneself
is no longer bearable.
Until the chaos of living free
is the only effortless option.
Turn in,
Touch tenderly,
Expand love
in the endless space between molecules.
The inner reaches of creation
vibrate with the spark
that is the infinity of you.
Submerge in the elements of Self
without the ‘shoulds’
and the ‘shouldn’ts,
Without the leering taskmaster
of learned behaviors.
Savor the solitude of this quest
until it becomes familiar.
And then,
Only then,
Take yourself out Beloved
To serve the starving world.
un-fuck-withable
Unfuckwithable - When you’re truly at peace
and in touch with yourself,
and nothing anyone says or does bothers you.
Is this a state anyone can truly achieve?
To soar above the everchanging storm that is humanity
to find a reprieve from our own ego dream?
Ego nightmare… am I right?
You see we’ve had it all wrong this entire time,
the more we resist
the more it keeps on keepin on.
We are not islands, we are archipelagos
next to continents that float in oceans,
That are part of this planet
that is one of many planets
That are part of a system that is a galaxy
each one as tiny and massive as a star.
We are insignificant…We are stars……
i am ready
I am ready
For Divine synchronicities
to flower open the path
I am meant to walk on.
My heart has sat
In the passenger’s seat for too long
& my mind is a volatile captain.
What is it to share my truth unapologetically?
To care, but not care
about people’s validation
& ever-changing whimsical opinions.
It is a matter of choosing,
Choosing focus, choosing to create
A safe landing space for Self
That we can always return to….
Ode
to Playmates
My favorite playmates are the ones that crouch beside me,
feet balancing gently to preserve the sanctity
Of easily snapped twigs,
Eyes twinkling, breathless with the unknown,
as we soundlessly sneak attack the next corner of life.
They are the mad ones
that barrel into the ocean,
howling at elements in pure primal delight (or grief)
bare-assed for God and all to witness,
Caring not who sees them in the vulnerability of skin
fully embracing humanity…..
special
You want to feel special
I understand this on a level
That leaves my heart yearning with you
And now I know as never before
What it is to love the one I am with.
To step outside of future tripping,
is to dance fluidly in what works
And out when it doesn’t
This apparently is catnip
Presence without pressure
Attention without assumption
Love without expectation….
sacred relationship
Sitting on a mountain of chi
My energy coils
A cobra in my belly
Dangerous, untapped,
Turned inward
What would be the cost of freeing her?
A fire unchecked destroys worlds
It must be cultivated carefully
Contained in a circle of earth or water
Allowed to dance furiously
Within the boundaries of trust.
Will you hold me as my flames
Lick the sides of your soul?
I cannot promise we will not burn
Alchemy requires it….
coming soon:
book & prints
Love and Resistance: Lessons in Interdependence
Interactive book of poetry/journal
Poetry Prints fit for framing
