Poem: Pivoting

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We ran and ran
laughing headlong into the wind
which swept along the shore,
our arms held out like useless wings,
cheeks flushing with life and youth.

When we stopped
we could see where we’d been,
catching our breath
as the waves washed over our feet.
You held me and squeezed, your eyes
the colour of oceans
cool amid those blushing cheeks.

If moments are captured
and etched upon memory,
this was one such point in time
pivoting on eternity

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Reincarnation, Time Tripping, and The Tibetan Book of the Dead: what’s astrology got to do with it? — cosmic holly (Reblog)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LvCAAZM6RQc%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent

Gratitude for conversations that sustain the soul! In the Cosmic Connection podcast, astrologer Rick Levine talks to Amanda “Pua” Walsh of Astrology Hub about Saturn and Pluto and reincarnation and disincarnation and the nature of consciousness.

via Reincarnation, Time Tripping, and The Tibetan Book of the Dead: what’s astrology got to do with it? — cosmic holly

*** This is a fascinating piece about subjects which also intrigue me, astrology (I am an astrologer) and Buddhism (I used to be more deeply involved than I am now).

Haiku: Forgetting

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I wish we could talk
Forgetting is not easy
Time does not erase

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Haiku: Escape

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How did you do it?
Playing by the given rules
Beat at their own game

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Haiku: Team Timelines

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Converging timelines
No room for maneuvering
Choose which team you’re in

copyright Francis Barker 2020