OVER FLOW

Ely Ryan
Ely Ryan
Jul 30, 2017 · 3 min read

Fulfillment will be mine
I can feel it in this lifetime
God-willing filling this cup
Still in the guts but
Stilling the rush

It’s all Grace; it’s all Sun
I can’t wait; it’s Awesome

I’m patient
I’m so impatient

Inhalation of elation
Whispers to imagination —
Joy and Greatness

It’s Breath-Making

I wonder where it is
But how does a fish fish fathom what water is?

We breathe it in —
This Prana and this Gift

Every star-to-go prodigal particle part of the Full
Each one Original audible article art of the Soul

Composing one note
Compartment of hope
Come part of this road

Got this body like a car2go
Driving through on heart and soul

But it’s mostly made of water
So I wonder why is it so hard to flow?

I’m sure the Wisest know
I’m sure of guidance as we go
I’m sure we’re here to find it in this chartered boat

Navigating through the waves of past choices
I fought against the water just to get in on the poison
Jumped into eddies that others avoided

Following ripples of actions into whirlpools
Wrapping around these attachments
Packaged with destructive world-views

Deliberate and conscious

See the fears I’m here to conquer
I got this double edged sword of knowledge

But still a misfit and a fool for bondage
I did it just to get in with the monsters

I did it just to empathize with those unconscious
Privileged I don’t fit in with either the gods or goblins

Got addicted — now we’re threaded together by toxins
PEACE
You stop living but we stay connected through the LOVE

this OCEAN of Existence

Let the tide pull this tad pole back to float
Down the stream of insight

Well well

I wish to be empty; I wish to be light

I’m heavy —
SO full of desire, noise, and fight

And still I’m surprised by the violence
I guess you call it LIFE!

And I’m infatuated
All unfiltered, unfocused, and all unsettled

Never graduated
Had to retake pre-k in the School of Self

Now find me sitting just to dwell

Beyond gods and devils
Among a thousand petals

May I let go
Maya that I know

Unify Pinocchio mind with that of Geppetto
So there is harmony in stride stepping flow

Step and grow
Reap and sow

Now

May I offer my waves to the coast

For I am just a vessel
And this is just a rental
But may I treat it as a temple
Inside sacred vibrating instrumental

I want to know more of this peace
I want my nervous system to release
I want to be gentle

May I let go of thinking all that it means
When it’s obstructing the Mystery

Allow the ride to happen on this life stream

Carry me
Proceed
And Carry me

Surrender imperfection for the resurrection of me
Authentic as I can be

See there’s a plan that supersedes my own
And I am reminded of alignment every time time goes

Cursing my design when it fails achieving these material goals
I’m here for soul

So may it UNFOLD

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