'Snowflake'

A sheer blessing from the a merry sky

A single snowflake lands in my palm

This miniature crystal if you will 

I dare to hold it up in the air

And pray, more so wish it'll stay

Moments just as well melt away

There goes another , one, two three more land

A school of crystals I now hold in my hand

With a thought and a story

I look in their direction

Tend to follow the quiet disappearing act

Each of them will shortly engage in 

Days, years, decades are as swift

And here we are coming to greet

A snowflake of two thousand and three

These visions of snowflakes I corner within my soul

And now releasing them on to you, my friend

Whether near or far

In places unknown,

Or in neighborhoods as familiar

As the tip of my thumb

Let your New Year be

A snowflake voyage, engraved in your heart

Remembered by the birds flying over

I write these lines with all the love

My heart owns,

Joyous and riveting Holiday Season

Simply a great Year to you and yours!

written by Lucie Teichmann December 2002

Guardian

With the example of Rumi in the mind today and every day,

Only one beloved in this world, his love becomes yours through this fire,

Fireplace full of candles instead of wood, light each one with the patience of a 100 year old woman,

Through all the different heights and colors,

Forming a pyramid of light and warmth.

You have been chosen to guard and protect these shimmering dancers of time,

Flickering left, flickering right, each dancing with the honorable intention for the New Year,

The new moon eclipse, and the daylight that will burden their chore today but will melt away the last twelve months.

Once you experience the warmth of his touch through all the movement in the dancing candles,

Only one that ferociously gives this love and life and light,

A candle and a water reflection,

Two swallows choose a direction,

Following the reflection of the fire in the water,

Guard this secret for the one and only beloved,

For he comes when you believe and let him wake through your vessel of life,

Through the vehicle of your soul, allow the journey to the New Year,

Caringly oversee this spectacle of time and light,

Essence and fear

Crime and truth

Days and nights

Accept the role you have been ushered,

Pass it onto the next guard in a year’s time.

At once the fireplace should be filled with candles instead of wooden logs for this time of the year.

Only one beloved will carry this light,

For the next twelve months, you will serve as the guardian of light.

12-12-09

ICICLE

I picture everyone I know

And see them go through roller coasters

Every season brings a different speed

The most wonderful aspect of winter

Is the stillness it brings and the whiteness it entails

Crunching of the snow as you walk

Snowflakes that fall quietly

Far from the loudness of the monsoon rains

It is towering and building without a sound

You look out of your window

And with some luck

There is a bunch of icicles

Hanging in that peaceful fashion

As only icicles are able

You may run your fingers over them to

Make sure they are real

Breaking the thinner ones as your fingers slide

Before breaking them and sending them parachuting down

Stare for a moment through each one

Let the blue, purple and yellow reflections hit your eyes

And so you will spin into an unfamiliar stillness

May even cry with happiness

What is a second of nothingness and light?

Eternity of peace and soul flight

With that in mind

I would like to wish you and yours will take the icicle

And spend one moment each time your mind

Craves stillness to be about

Then you will look through it

See the film and see yourself; see your loved ones

And the ones that have passed

See it all in an icicle

In a split fraction of time

May the next four seasons be filled

With an abundance of peace and icicle moments

All the love and peace,

Lucie Teichmann

December 2008