Yob
Our Raw Heart
1. Ablaze
Shining
Without cause
Every I
In every breath
Root
Unknown by time
Within
This ache of beyond
Wings in oceans vast
Swells in azure skies
Caring not for the ruse
Not for fear of Nothing(ness)
Shining in stars and stone
Unknown by time
This ache of beyond
Shining
Dreams
Of what
We are
Sown in fields of stars
Ablaze
In the heart
Of the beyond
Disguise
Of shadow and gold
This veil
Holds no sway
As we muse in the fray
The source ever remains
Shining
As it all falls away
Wings in oceans vast
Swells in azure skies
Caring not for the ruse
Not for fear of Nothing(ness)
Shining in stars and stone
Unknown by time
This ache of beyond
In stars and stone
Shining
Dreams
Of what
We are
Sown in fields of stars
Blaze
In the heart
Of the beyond
2. The Screen
In the constant search
Restless one
Slowly learning why
It all comes undone
Ancient gifted wound
Ancestral rusted blade
Broken hilt-deep thrust
From before the shroud
Until pain has bled out
Out
Out
Ancient poison
Out
Out
Out
Onto the screen
Rise
Rise
Rise
In this moment
Rise
Rise
Rise
Quantum vision
My oath reaches the shore
Struck upon the chord
Vast chorus of song
Brings my heart to release
Searching seen through
Emptied one
Sensing old death
Sharing no house with it
In moments obscure
That which endures
Vibrates as stone
Flies as flesh
Witnessing clouds
Of millennia and form
From a vast still nature
The still in the storm
Until pain has bled out
Out
Out
Ancient poison
Out
Out
Out
Onto the screen
Rise
Rise
Rise
In this moment
Rise
Rise
Rise
Quantum vision
Ancient gifted wound
Ancestral rusted blade
Broken hilt-deep thrust
From before the shroud
Until the pain has bled out
3. In Reverie
4. Lungs Reach
5. Beauty in Falling Leaves
As leaves fleeting fall from above
Under skies ever here
Darkness comes to the door
Table place set before its honored seat
The chase has come and gone
Yearning to be let go
Colors in the mirror
Better still, to inform
Skies ever here
Been this way throughout time
Been this way throughout my life
Your heart brings me home
Been this way throughout time
From the tumult of the heave
Not born of belief
Your heart brings me home
As seasons come here to rest
Lilting rays aglow
Obsidian flow
Fire hewn within the stone
Life that has come before
Looming fears of the wilt
Shadows at the door
Colors in the mirror
Been this way throughout time
Been this way throughout my life
Your heart brings me home
Been this way throughout my life
From the tumult of the heave
Not born of belief
Our nature redeemed
Unburden our grief
Your heart brings me home
Lifting off, renewed
Astral form in flight
Enthrall every hue
Unknown to our eyes
Every cell of being
Outside of mind
Mantra not apart
From ineffable heart
Endless worlds in endless mind
Caught in dreams of our own design
Dressed and groomed tradition dead
All around you the infinite
Seeing
Beauty in falling leaves
6. Original Face
A drum of unrest
Beating in my chest
Within raging days
Pounding at the gate
Skin stretched too tight
Under fading light
Shapeless failing view
I must see it through
Must see it through
See it through
Sounding unto a greater life
Bring the devils
Seraphim
Bring the sorrow
That feeds on my skin
Sounding unto a greater sight
See the seer
The original face
There is nothing else
This is all there is
There is nothing else
The original face
Blister to the flame
Bared teeth within names
One beast brings its strength
One beast brings hunger
One beast topples mountains
Rigpa swallows them whole
Emergent rising view
I must see it through
Must see it through
Sounding unto a greater life
Bring the devils
Seraphim
Bring the leeches
Bleed the leeches
Sounding unto a greater sight
See the seer
The original face
Skin stretched too tight
Under fading light
Shapeless failing view
Must see it through
Blister to the flame
Bared teeth within names
Clear sight, Rigpa’s view
I must see it through
Must see it through
7. Our Raw Heart
Sent unto the shore
Every grain of sand
Rivers quicken remembrance
Carried by a grace
Running in our veins
Ashes within clay
Shaped upon an earthen wheel
Pour into this vessel
Drained and filled again
Temple to a nameless soul
Beckoning my restless ghost
From holes in my gut
To love from miracles
Silver climbed the walls
Eyeless looking on
It’s looking still
Drawn by a mortal thread
To an ever shifting weave
Known better by my bones
Than my eyes can see
Shrine to a silent call
Beckoning my restless ghost
Leaving
Nothing left behind
Breathing
Through my dark inside
The raw within
Ayni
Sent reverence
For what has been given
In this shared life
The raw within
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