In Silence I Wait

Holding three pebbles
Lightly in the palm of the hand —
In silence I wait

- Mac, 2012

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Good Day For Courting

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Smuaintean Siùbhlach (Fleeting Thoughts)

Blàths a' ghrian air mo dhruim
'S mi a' falbh leam fhèin gu dlùth
Gun dragh 's gun uallach
Cho sona suaimhneach
Cha beatha ach smùid na siubhal

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The warmth of the sun
Falls lightly on my back
As I walk along in sweet communion
Without burden or care
So peacefully aware
Life is but a fleeting illusion

- Mac, 2012

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Cuideigin Gnogadh (Someone Knocking)

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The Past Disappears

Footsteps quickly fade
In a snowstorm — just like that
The past disappears

- Mac, 2013

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Nature Of All Things

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Rising

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Hibernation

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You Lit A Candle

Beneath the pall of winter's gloom
Within the bitter twilight of my soul —

You lit a candle

- Mac, 2012

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Two Loves

It seems that I love You with two loves
A selfish love
And a simple love

That is truly worthy of You

So, I abide in you
Persisting in the practice of your Presence
Daily offering this selfish love to You
To do with as You will

Patiently remaining,
Silently waiting
For those golden moments
When I, with great delight

Find You here

Before me
Gazing into my heart
With tender kindness and curious affection
Traversing that coal black abyss
Where You find, residing there

A little flame

That simple love
Begotten of Your own True Love

And you lift the veil
So that I, but for a moment,
May catch a glimpse of You
But for sliver of time

A heartbeat

That lingers an eternity
Reverberating and resounding
Throughout every fibre
Every strand of my very being

And in that manifest moment
You purse Your lips
And gently blow upon the flame
That intuitive flame of True Life
So feeble and frail
That oft flickers and falters

And the intoxicating sweetness
Of your breath is the virtue

The catalyst

In that golden alchemical moment
That kindles an unquenchable wildfire of passion
Burning away the dross of selfish love

So that all that remains
All that may emerge
From the smoke and the ashes
Is pure gold

Untainted and chaste

The virtue of a simple love
Begotton of your own True Love

A love that is truly worthy of You

- Mac, 2012

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White Wolf of Winter

The wild north wind
howling
bears down upon the land
winter white fangs
scathingly savage
brandished and bared
to strip the scraps
from the bones
of summer's now cold,
lifeless frame

- Mac, 2012




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Ancient Sentinels

Ancient sentinels
Toss their hoary heads
Casting off their snowy mantles
In the first frosty breath
Of dawn's frail, feeble light
Line upon line
Row upon row
Silent symmetry
Perfect unity
Hands upon hearts
In deference
In reverence
In humble homage
To the High King
Of the Elements

- Mac, 2012

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Wild Goose

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The Mighty Rowan

The bleak, barren land soundly sleeps
Swaddled within the magical slumber

Of white winter's frosty enchantment

But for that ancient, hoary sentinel — 

The mighty Rowan!

-Mac, 2012

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A Withered Leaf

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