I dreamed of honey
I dreamed of bees
I dreamed a promise
I made on my knees
As body awakened
My dream it did fade
Sweetness and vow
With Soul though has stayed
She brought me these two
For this time on this day
I hold to them fast
As the rest fades away
A place I have made
The gifts here to hold
Till Her message is clear
And Her wishes unfold
Fertile bounty one clue
Sweet richness I see
And Fidelity’s link
To the honey and bees
What promise I have
Or what promise neglected
The path and its meaning
Its light now detected
She brings me these things
To nudge and to guide me
In hopes I awaken
To the wonders inside me
Thank you sweet Soul
You were tender today
No surreal symbols, no horrors
O’r me love has held sway
I know I am dense
And sometimes I pout
But my outsides are in
And my insides are out
No is most potent
No comes before
Like death precedes life
No opens Yes’ door
She’s taught the word No
Which brought on destruction
Now Yes I shall learn
For my Soul’s reconstruction
Reaffirming the vow
Will fulfill my life’s reason
Consecration now needed
At this time, for this season
Abandon the lie
The first step I made
Saying No to the Other
Foundations were laid
Now to the building
Selecting what to affirm
Carefully now choosing
That which my heart does confirm
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32 responses to “The Promise of Honey (Audio)”
A very sweet poem. Good choices. The heart knows.
Sweetness seems to act as a beacon for me
Consecration now needed
At this time, for this season…
Been asking for awhile now, haven’t you… What do you think she’s teaching you?
To be patient. And that there is a reason for it all
Well, I figure you’re approaching sainthood at being patient right about now! 🙂 {{{Plato}}} But you have put your inbetween time to good use! So “patient” must be an active adjective.
No sainthood for me sugar 🙂 more like the patience of Job who railed against god till he finally learned to shut up and begin to listen.
Seems you have been called for a purpose then. 😉
Sort of like “wait’!
Imitation being the most sincere form of flattery:
https://drkottaway.wordpress.com/2015/03/15/idaho-gigolo/
He’s a stud!
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? How does one upload audio?
Download “audacity” is a free audio program that is fairly easy to use. Then get a usb mic like bluesnowball. Then play around with it. Some folks I see use soundcloud but I dont know about it. I just record it and upload it with the add media thing. There are a lot of things that woukd improve the quality but I’ve just been trying to get a bunch of older stuff done
Download “audacity” is a free audio program that is fairly easy to use. Then get a usb mic like bluesnowball. Then play around with it.
I cheated and used, um, technology lying around the house….
Have you posted one? I’m on my phone. It doesn’t show the audio
I am thinking about recording some of my works to put up too. But I have lost most of my childhood east Tennessee accent, darn it. Now I have a mishmash.
Can’t wait to hear! Then your accent will be unique and one of a kind
I love listening to you read your works! And I like the no before the yes, no opening the door to yes. I had a similar experience, but in an improvisation class, a theater class:
https://drkottaway.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/say-yes/
Still find it hard to say yes all the time but working on it……
That was very nice!
Oh gosh… So you’re still working on it? Well listen, you, don’t stay up too late! I’m going to go listen to Boardwalk Angel on my blog ten or twenty more times, then I’m going to bed. Goodnight, dear heart.
Well that makes it a lot clearer for me. I did figure out it was actually a dream. That’s interesting about the two documents. What a little mystery. But then I guess that’s part of what your journey is about — trying to figure out what they.
I have promise and I need to keep a promise to my self I think in order to harvest the honey.
Yes, that makes sense to me when I look at it that way.
I don’t know the end that was this morning and today
Wow. You put a lot into that. I followed it all (though I’m going to have to try to relate the “yes/no” thing to my own life before I can totally see the correlation). But that’s MY issue.
But this part I think I kind of got lost in a bit: “What promise I have
Or what promise neglected” Which promises? (Oh, maybe that’s too personal. Sorry.)
And how does death precede life?
Abandon the lie
The first step I made
Saying No to the Other
Foundations were laid
Now to the building
Selecting what to affirm
Carefully now choosing
That which my heart does confirm
You should mark a MILESTONE on your map. I think that’s a pretty important ritual.
So did that all just come flowing out this morning?
It was an actual dream. I dreamed of bees and a huge harvest of honey. Then there were two documents of some kind and a voice sayig that I had promised something. So it was unclear what the actual promise was. Some promise or potential in me or a some actual promise I have made that I need to attend to or both. Death of the false self or agreements with the outside where I have said yes or capitulated out of fear of pressure or trying to do what is “Right” and it ended up going against who I am. To say no to those people or circumstances brings death or pain or guilt. But saying no and meaning no and holding fast to no is necessary in order to then learn to say yes.
“Death of the false self or agreements with the outside where I have said yes or capitulated out of fear of pressure or trying to do what is “Right” and it ended up going against who I am. ”
It’s so hard to do isn’t it, to stay true to oneself.
That’s such a beautiful reminder to be authentic, to not live from fear…
It is a new thing for me. Most radical and without guidelines. The day ended in conflict due to me holding particular positions. It is a solitary and painful thing for everyone involved. Old patterns die hard and there is no guarantee of anything on the other side. Just faith hope and love. And sometimes those aren’t warm and fuzzy experiences. 🙂
I’m really sorry to hear that. Had hoped it would be a stress-less weekend. I know you were looking forward to it. Hugs.
I am sorry to hear this too…but it is true that life just isn’t easily harvested as you say…I admire your authenticity and wisdom brother…
Thank for this honey in the groove!