Big Heart So Wide Open

by Mankh

put away your small mind
and your tendency to size me up then let me down,
come to me with your big heart,
your big heart like a sacred site,
your big heart so wide open
i’ll confuse the throbbing for a valley with wildflowers and rolling hills

put away your petty regrets and bloodthirsty, ever-starving ego,
your false promises, blatant lies and silent movie hooligans–
in the deep quiet i can hear them all,
when limitless sky breathes easy after the rain
i can see everything,
with bay waters rhythmically massaging the shore
the salt scent rising into June air
feel all

come to me with your big heart,
your heart like the courage to deal with stage fright,
your big heart so wide open
i won’t know where the butterfly begins and the mountain ends

come to me with your big heart so wide open
i won’t know the difference between you and the forest
between me and the full moon,
we won’t know the difference between anything or anyone
a heart so big embracing all,
no favorite child, no best seller, no agenda, no win my favor
simply equilibrium in this breeze like the air in the  lungs
the way the ocean hugs the shore,
hearts so big no one knows
where the sand ends and the breathing deeply of briny air begins,
midday sun touching
every
being’s
skin

  ~ Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)
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