Can Be Can Do
Evolution
Water
Water
I walk in Clouds
who laugh and weep
their sorrows and joys
as loving Sunrays
and caring Moonbeams
dance the short days
round and round…
I walk in Showers
of Raindrops and Snowflakes
who whisper secrets
as they gently fall-
in Blizzards that blind
and freeze with indifference-
in fierce Storms that shout
with violent fury…
Water holds Memory,
blessings and curses,
clarity and pollution…
In countless lives
Water is Aware-
Aware of us in us as us
and so much more…
In Tides and Currents and Flows,
Water moves in Bodies
great and small-
rises unseen and descends
with powers to transform
all that is immersed
in what it has become…
I walk in Rains
immersed in Water
within and beyond my skin
that once bordered Awareness,
grown borderless now
as Torrents and Floods
sweep away boundaries
and Human definitions…
I walk in Mists
of vaporous thoughts
infused with emotions-
in wildly thunderous or
blissfully calm billows
of ever-changing Clouds
now here, now gone
as am I…
Water watches all
on little Planet Earth-
watches Landscapes
shift and change,
Water and Land
advancing, receding
over and over again…
Water watches
the dramas of Evolution,
slow cycles and lightning leaps,
as Flora and Fauna disappear-
watches Humans
appear and disappear
like Streams above and under ground…
Water watches, watches and awaits
another Great Earth Age-
an Age of Un-Named Forms…
March 18, 2013- February 11, 2020
February 24, 2023
Shelley Audrey Wilson
Victoria, BC
Reaching In Reaching Out
Reaching In Reaching Out
We grow from Infancy
enlarging, expanding
our perceptions,
our experiences,
our knowing,
reaching in reaching out
of our Cradle, our Home,
our World, our Universe,
our great Unknown…
Once we seemed
the very Center
of all Creation
by One or More Beings,
Powerful Caring Giants
focused on nurturing,
providing for all
our Human Infant needs
or not…
Slowly we outgrew
our Cradle, our Home,
our World, our Universe
reaching in reaching out,
enlarging, expanding
our perceptions,
our experiences,
our knowing at last
we Live On The Edge…
Then we began to wonder,
Is this the only
Earth-like World
or are there Many?
Is this the only
Inhabitable World
for forms of Life
unlike our own,
different Evolutions,
perceptions, experiences
unlike our own?
Is this Universe
the only Evolving Creation
by a Divine Being-Beings,
a Divine Energy-Energies,
a Divine Force-Forces,
a Divine Process-Processes,
Quantum and Cosmic,
or not…
Is this the only
Universe of Galaxies
or are there Many,
Many Universes,
Multiverses Seen Unseen
with Many Big Bangs?
Is this the only
Conscious Universe,
the only Seen Unseen
Intelligent Creation
creating, evolving,
perceiving, experiencing,
knowing Itself
even through All That Is,
even through the Many
Infant Creators, us?
Are we all Part Of
a Conscious Multiverse
reaching in reaching out…
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February 3, 2023
Shelley Audrey Wilson
Victoria, BC
I Once Believed
I Once Believed
I once believed in a God of Contradictions, a Parent Almighty, a Loving Creator God of Unlimited Power who was Powerless to Make Humans Obey, especially Women, a God who Needed the Help of Men to Fight Ancient and Modern Wars, to Obey and Kill on Command, Obedient to Commandments and Punishing Laws, a God of Wrath.
I once believed in a God of Sacrifice, a Death Dealing God who Required us to Demonstrate Obedience through our Self Sacrifice and the Sacrifice of our Loved Ones, especially the Innocents, the Child, the Children of God, Sons and Daughters of Man, the countless Sacrifices of Harmless Animals to a Primitive God still worshipped by many.
I once believed in a God of Rewards and Punishments, Rewards of Heaven, of Paradise, for Blind Faith and Blind Obedience, for the Right Genes, the Right Religion, the Chosen, the Elect, the Superior Few- a God of Jealousy, Vengeance and Cruelty to All Others- the Unbelievers, the Infidels, the Heretics, People of the Wrong Religion or Race or Politics, the Wrong History and Geography, the Wrong Beliefs, a Very Exclusive and Elitist God.
I once believed in a God who used Angels (those Humans and Extraterrestrials) with powerful Weapons to Destroy whole Cities, even the Children too- Innocent Infants, Toddlers and Teens, Children of Men and Women in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time (Collateral Damage), Justified Death, Horrific Killing for Power and Control of Earth. Was it they who told us about the Horrors of Hells? I wonder.
I once believed in a God of Retribution, a God of Karma Making us, Forcing us, to Return Again and Again until we Got It Right, until we Outgrew our Unacceptable Behaviours, our Sins born of Ignorance that Mother of Evils, until we finally Saw the Light in our Meditations and Prayers or through our Devotions, Adorations and Rituals Considered Needed to Get It Right, Enlightened At Last.
I walk in the Wonder of Life Itself Letting Go of anything Less than Pure Love and True Freedom, those Other Names for God…
January 19, 2023
Shelley Audrey Wilson
Victoria, BC
Transformations
Transformations
Earth transforms now and then
dramatically or little by little
when land masses slip and slide.
We’re just along for the ride.
We’re each here for a little while
as individuals and as species too.
Sometimes we even return
and continue our Great Adventures
evolving fast or slow as we do,
Star-Seeded again by Life
both here and by Life beyond
our Planet, Alien Interventions,
some of which we fear
as hostile or even divinely benign.
We’re all just passing through
this realm of joy and pain,
Souls on a Great Adventure,
Life’s experience to gain.
Some seek comforts in safe havens,
others seek danger to feel alive.
Some feast on their desires,
others struggle to survive.
Divine Creations, we evolve
by thought and deed and consequence,
paths well worn or those less travelled.
Attitude rules Circumstance.
Some are challenged by misfortune,
loss of all that’s valued here,
stripped of everything but Spirit,
Love expressed in those held dear.
We weep our own and others’ losses,
seeking answers as we pray.
None can judge the Soul’s Agenda
as we journey on our way.
We’re all just passing through.
A Unity Diverse…
We’re Life in many forms
throughout the Universe.
Here for a little while,
we travel in and out of Time
exploring Life Itself,
the mundane and sublime.
Our Lives are wondrous Journeys.
We challenge ourselves to grow,
exploring all conditions
through which we come and go.
Nothing here is forever.
We must leave it all behind.
Back to Source All Beings go,
beyond the limits of Mind-
beyond boundaries of Soul-
back to the Great Oneness we go,
that Oneness we call Heaven-
the God-Light and our True Home.
From and to Home we come and go
playing out our Great Adventures,
transforming Life as we know it,
creating realities loving or fearful
in multiple Timelines and Roles
or making another Free Will Choice-
Not Going Out and Staying Home.
January 13, 2023 Victoria BC
Note: I inserted my poem titled ‘All Just Passing Through’ and ‘Just Passing’ first written on May 14, 2008 then revised October 26, 2018, May 24, 2021, October 6, 2021 and now included in ‘Transformations’ January 13, 2023 with further revisions and transformations perhaps)
Shelley Audrey Wilson
(a.k.a. Shell, Shelley Demers (by marriage)
a.k.a. Ariel and Ariel-Shelley (as in Percy Bysshe Shelley)
a.k.a. Pumpkin (Dad’s) and Sheillelagh (Mom’s) nicknames)
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