The Blessing of Fortuna

The Blessings of Fortuna

From my heart the richness of the cosmos
pours out into the earth
and into the sea
as a cornucopia of light, beauty and joy.

May the enchantment of my wings
brush across your brow
with a slice of the moonshine
and the magic
of abundance in your dreams
that shine more brightly
in the sunlight.

Mountains and inclines

Then you were all
mountains and inclines, clay and branches and I a wild coyote and
handfuls of grass
Stefano Resta

I live in a Village of Goddesses

I Live in a Village of Goddesses

When I was a child
this village was filled with simple men and women:
fishermen catching halibut off the shores,
beekeepers tending the bees,
Hatmakers making the hats,
Farmers harvesting squash and potatoes,
cooks frying slivers of garlic in the pan.

As we grew up, we studied algebra, physics, and science,
geology, philosophy, world history.
We read Homer, Dante, Virgil, and Ovid.
We gave our imagination
to the mythologies of our studies:
As Zeus
I became the Swan to Leda.
I was Pygmalion, and she Galatea.
We became the very gods and goddesses
that we studied.

I reflect today that I am not a god but a farmer,
An artist, a builder of structures.
I am a simple man.

And yet, all around me the women
remain as goddesses,
Flowers wrapped around their bodies.

I see goddesses everywhere I look!
How fortunate that I live in a village of goddesses!

Truly, there is a bountiful abundance of divinity
to worship everywhere I look!

Why is it, then, that my strong desire
on this night
is to sleep under the moon
with a simple, earthy woman?
A woman that reminds me of the soil,
lusty, natural, grounded and unadorned.

Welcoming the Breath

"Aloha is the welcoming of breath; wishing our friends to partake in the gift of life. Breathing into each other, sharing a precious moment of personal attention where nothing else exists but the sharing."