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Frost Bite

Audio Recordings, Environment, Nature, Personal Growth, Ranch Life, Relationships / tagged Grief, Healing, Heartbreak, Winter / January 20, 2023 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

On the prairies they know
that you have to use snow

In January on the Wood River
the laces got wet and then stiff
and could not be untied

Walked the wimpering long mile home
in one frozen skate and one warm boot
part of my foot and all my toes
numb and milky white

On the prairies they know
that you have to use snow

Too much warmth all at once
can bring the feeling rushing back
with more pain than you can stand

I have since learned
- and this is the hard part-
It is the same way with the heart

The New Archetypes

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth, Relationships / tagged Idols, mythology / January 7, 2023 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Apollo is still locked into the light
Dionysus still dancing our darkenss

Mars and friends are still busy at war
and Aphrodite’s still getting her way

The old archetypes will never go away
but we have some new ones here today

Elvis is the King
John Wayne is the Duke
and Marilyn is Marilyn

Babe is the Babe and the Boss is the Boss
Diana the huntress has become the prey

It doesn’t matter if they’ve come
from Mt. Olympus or Hollywood USA
they’re in us now, and they’re in play

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The Sun More Shy

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth / tagged Courage, New Year, Winter / December 31, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The sun more shy than shining
white Christmas gone and going

Another year of courage needed
stoke the fires as you are called to

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Why Children Are Christmas

Audio Recordings, Family, Personal Growth, Relationships / December 25, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The gift
of every you
is a point of view

The gift
of every me
is willingness to see

New Tribes

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth, Relationships / tagged Communication, Healing, Hope, Israel, Jewish, Muslim, Palestine, Voice Dialogue / December 17, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

From the old tribe of Isaac
and the old tribe of Ishmael

Israeli and Palestinian
couples and their children
come together by the sea and share

We are teaching the skills of listening
the skills of sharing and skills of hearing

The rules are simple
tell your truth as your truth only

Assume as you listen
that the person makes sense
If they do not seem to make sense
assume you need more information

By the end of the weekend
the eight year olds are sleeping over
teenagers walk on the beach till dawn

A new tribe being formed

Kintsugi

Audio Recordings, Haiku, Personal Growth / tagged Aging, Healing, Love / December 5, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Like kintsugi cup
all old breaks now filled with gold
you so beautiful

What is Kintsugi ?

Narcissus Reflects

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth / November 28, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

When I put the
big shell to my ear
the sea I hear is me

The movies in my dreams
director, actor, only audience

Impressions of all I meet
only last if my clay was wet and set

What if I find at the end of the play
that someone else was the author of it

Old Injuries

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth, Ranch Life / November 25, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Living with
what didn't kill you outright

Sayings like
it makes you stronger

little comfort in the morning

Note to Self

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth / tagged Character, Honesty, Integrity / November 7, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Never play solitaire
with someone who cheats

You never know when
you'll need someone to count on

Black and White

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth / tagged Choice / November 1, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Old mister magpie
yin-yang trickster
coyote of the sky

Wearing on the outside
what I'm hiding
in the in

Black and white
and good and evil in
clear and equal measure

Sitting on a fencepost
scolding me for
a coward

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