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"IT'S JUST A GAME," SHE SAID, BK VIII

UPDATE: October 2, 2014:

Book Baby ( http://www.bookbaby.com/ )  
epublished my 3rd ebook of my poems this month.
It's a compilation of three of my small poetry books,
like the 2nd ebk, "3 Poetry Books in 1".  So I call this one:
 "3 Poetry Books in 1, vol II"
and its another collection of poems
from the 3 poetry books entitled:
The Music On Which Thoughts Dwell,
"It's Just a Game," She Said

& Like a Dancer


It's up on Barnes & Noble now. Take a peak.
Here's the link:

 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/ynez-fernandez-reyes?store=allproducts&keyword=ynez+fernandez-reyes

If you want to give it a review, you get
to read it all (I think) for free. 
Hope you enjoy my poetry. 
Thanks for visiting
Banana Patch Fantasy Productions.

UPDATE:  June 30, 2014
Finally remastered the audio tracks for this audio book of poems.  Now the tracks are clear of background noise.  Hope you enjoy this little book which includes a few watercolors.

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                            Hidden Refuge, Melia Place
                                    Paia, Maui, Hawaii
                                           c 1998 yfr

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Intro for "It's Just AGame"she said

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"It's Just a Game," she said

 "IT'S JUST A GAME,'' SHE SAID


With nimble fingers to us unseen,

Adept at weaving all our dreams

Into her fabrics warp and ream,

Our Mother, diligently, seamless...

Puts all things into it's place,

In Her own way, in Her own time!

And Her design....? Of course, is:


All children at this table are fed.

All children here are loved and have a bed.

All children are mine, I know their names....

Rest now little ones, it's just a game!


It's just a game to prove you can

Be loving, wise and understanding.

It's just a continuum, imploding/expanding,

Giving us time, to gain our Humanity.


The tests are many, the secrets deep.

Only when you love me, can I set you free!

Only when you seek me, can I enter your dreams;

Only when we give...with love, sincerely,

Can we know, our real Identity.

What Does It Take From Us?

WHAT DOES IT TAKE FROM US?


How in the dark night, humming 'neath her wing,

The hopeful mother hatches while we sleep.

So too the Guardian in our dreaming hums so sweet,

The silent mantra precious, that our soul will keep.


When to our deepest nature we awaken,

Thru chaos, bliss or fear,

The first sound we will recognize and feel...

Is the humming of our Guardian ever near.


That thru dark nights of ages,

Placed in our heart so we might grow;

The song our soul has always known....

Surely it will always know.


Listen closely, find the path,

Reach forward toward understanding;

The way will soon be clear to follow,

Unfold, allow the merciful expanding.


All beings are loved by someone;

The watchful eyes read all our thoughts,

How splendid is this life, if we could realize it....

We are not our own at all!


We are not alone, but of each other.

So let your heart be known.

Speak it with the breath internal

Now Universal Will can benefit all!


What does it take from us to send good wishes

For one whose soul is shattered to the core?

Just send with love your heart's intention;

It is enough, restores the poor.


And proves all beings are worthy of love and caring

Though we cannot pay their bills,

We can knock upon an Angel's door...and

Bring a benediction of good will.


We are not alone at all, but all are brothers,

So let your heart be known

Speak it with the breath internal

And reach the inner place
We all call Home (AUM).

I Had a Dream

I HAD A DREAM.....


I had a dream...of what the meaning was

Of this oh so peculiar human being?!

I wasn't even looking when....I started blooming.


The fruit of my self-essential, once hidden,

Again was showing. In desperation asking hopefully

Sincerely...the simple question unexpected

That unlocks the ancient truth;

The very meaning of my individual

So ordinarily original: Who am I?


Rushing thru stages in rounds of cycles.

Catching glimses only of what we're building.

We finish the journey without looking back.

We are always, what...we are becoming.

The Offering

THE OFFERING


In getting here, I forgot where I came from;

Forgot the delightfulness of nights...

Left to the endless parade of days

With no hand to touch, no lips to kiss,

No glance of eye to speak soul's richness....

Even the mirror is broken! Oh!....Where are we going to?

And for what purpose? Intimacy is a forgotten fantasy.

Suffocating in the slough of the wave receeding,

Scrambling to keep up with the endless churning....

I only survive the emptiness, by the repetititon of my suffering.

Soon even agony is trite and bane! BUT...

When it becomes the sacrificial offering...

it becomes the sacrificial offering...

It turns the Wheel of Fate, and keeps one sane!

Relieves the sting!...Removes the burden from the wing...

Allows the healing comfort that Faith restores and brings!

 

 

Songs of Thee

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We Are Forever

WE ARE FOREVER


I come now to reconcile what value afterall,

The sum of all my days and nights,

What lessons faced, so bravely learned....

Gleaned thru all strength and effort,

Every challenge we truly met...can mean.


I've been a cowardly prophet.

But no more...a way is found

To cure and gather those hopeful...

Ready for that last hour. We stand and watch

The passing of our time. It clears the horizon, and

The day is clean again, ringing 'round the Sun.


In simple orbits we are dreaming,

Of a new morning when we rize glowing in the knowing...

That we are only light...seeking a form in which we can return,

To play this game of Life again. For though we live and die...

We are consiousness flowing forever, growing together....

For we are still and always....will be lovers.

Reality Resolved

REALITY RESOLVED

Ah! That sweet starry night

When one arrives at last, joyfully singing,

Remembering now the fantastic Self

That is the essential Nature of our Being;

Illusion dissolved, reality resolved,

No fear, no haste, no longing

To erode the blissful mind.

It is Nature's way that all things move,

Unfolding and growing from within one's heart...

As we create our Universe together,

Let it be known, creating life well...

Is first and always, a loving art!

Facing Sunrize

FACING SUNRIZE

I lived like Nature's privileged flower,

Produced so rich a nectar flowing;

Reaching always for the growing

Facing Sunrize, satisfied and glowing.

Wisdom slowly earning, learning,

Obviously enchanted, turning,

As if manicured by Angels, wing and hand.

With discernment, which goodness nurtures,

Now restored, the perfumed blossoms are unfolding.

The special prize withheld before, now forming,

Proving one who tried to be so worthy

Surely had the right to realize...the mystery calling.


First we give the good, for which we yearn;

Then does all good return.

Like sunrize gladly meets the hill...

Go forth with joy to greet goodwill.


Unfolding like the blue-sky day

Your heart sincerely finds a way.

Giving compassion fulfills the heart,

Balances the mind, restores the art...

That naturally precipitates fragrant thought,

Protects the innocence of soul, though it once was lost.

Regaining such tender lovliness of mind for which we sought

And fought so hard against....all resistance fallen,

Renewed and groomed, I am facing sunrize...and resume

The journey, on this trail, unraveling before me.

As my foot is placed, I breathe and marvel how poised,

Such sweet relief, in still motiff, upon the razor's edge,

This Being, facing sunrize brings...with so much gratitude...

And no regrets.


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                                                  Mangos in Paradice 
                                                   Paia, Maui, Hawaii
                                                           c 1998 yfr

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