Category: Poetry

10/20/2018

There Will Come a Time...

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There Will Come a Time

There will come a time...
    when brain and memory will be no more;
    thoughts and thinking melted away;
    endless days of summer and lingering luscious loving lost and lamented;
    even the preciousness of baby’s breath and heartbeat extinguished.

Our final succumbing?
    A bag of bones and leathered skin.

The chasing of breath and
sting of inner critic
will give way to rotting flesh--
   a meal for carrions
   and worms
   and other creepy crawlies
eventually becoming fodder for leaves on that tree’s offspring.

And so it goes.
And so it goes.

Oh this moment.
This precious, irreplaceable moment.

This gift.
This breath of life.

This unique and only life.

Don’t waste it.
Don’t waste it.

© 2018

~JoAnn Saccato, MA, is a mindfulness teacher, life coach, author and consultant. She is the author of Companioning the Sacred Journey: A Guide to Creating a Compassionate Container for Your Spiritual Practice and Mindful and Intentional Living: A Path to Peace Clarity and Freedom.

Mindfulness is an umbrella term for a large body of popular health and wellness practices based on purposefully bringing a curious, kind and non-judgmental attention to our moment by moment experience. It is a scientifically proven approach that helps reduce stress and stress-related illnesses, increase focus and attention, decrease incidences of and relapses with depression, reduce anxiety, reduce relapses in addiction, and aids in sleep and digestive disorders. It has also been shown to increase well being, life satisfaction and happiness, as well as improved social relationships.

You can reach JoAnn at [email protected] . To follow her visit: www.MindfulAndIntentionalLiving.com

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6/9/2018

Infinity Signs

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Infinity Signs
(First posted 10/14)

I need to make infinity signs
   with my body!
Outside.
Under the three sisters.
Feet bare,
Dampened and massaged by soft forest litter.

I need to make infinity signs
   with my body...
Early morning.
Under stars
And crescent moon.
Pine and fir needles
Stuck between toes.

I need to make infinity signs
   with my body...
So sounds of water
Rushing over rocks
And smells of cedar, pine and fir
Permeate my being
From top to bottom.
Bottom to top.
In and out.

I need to make infinity signs
   with my body!

(C) 2014

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10/7/2017

The Eternal Forgiving Nature of This Moment

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The Eternal Forgiving Nature of This Moment

This moment doesn't care
   you forgot your breath
      a moment ago.

That moment didn't care, either, really.

This moment is busy unfolding.
Are you here?

The wind doesn't care
   as it wends it way through the trees.
      the sun is still rising.

The birds are still singing
   swinging through the branches
      in morning delight.

The plants grow
   your heart beats.

This moment doesn't care
   you forgot your breath
      a moment ago.

Why should you?

This moment is busy unfolding.
Are you here?

© JoAnn Saccato 2017

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10/27/2016

Autumn

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Oh, the smell of damp forest!

Dust laid to weary rest
   yet another year
Paths a little more worn
   from Summer's play
Autumn here
   for just a day

Familiar and new
This death
This decay
Taking center stage
   for just another day

Autumn in forest
   greets autumn in body
Forest ripe
   full
   heavy with harvest
Body ripe
   aging
   decaying
   heavy with wisdom

Leaves drop
Tears fall
Another Summer gone
Wrinkles outnumber
   the piles

Winter calls
Gratitude deepens

This too shall pass
This soon shall pass

Life cracks open
Like the fallen tree
   split into a million shards

Nothing more to hide
Nothing more to hide

(c) 2016

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11/9/2015

One Thing I Know is True

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One Thing I Know is True
JoAnn Saccato
(c) 2015

One thing I know is true
Things change
Usually without
My consult
Or consent

Neighbors move
Trees are felled
Pets die
And years go by

One thing I know is true
Things change
Usually without
My consult
Or consent

Ice cream melts
Bodies age
Thoughts and sensations
Arise and pass away

Arise and pass away

One thing I know is true
Things change
Usually without
My consult
Or consent

Moods come and go
Like hawks soaring by
Children laugh and cry
Lovers say goodbye

One thing I know is true
Things change
Usually without
My consult
Or consent

As night to day
I have to say
Things change

So come what may...

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10/6/2015

Tree Falls

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Tree Falls
by JoAnn Saccato

Tree falls
Earth rumbles
Heart swells
Tear falls

Chainsaw purrs
Tree falls
Earth rumbles
Heart swells
Tear falls

(c) 2015

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