The Promise of Honey (Audio)

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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

32 thoughts on “The Promise of Honey (Audio)”

  5. drkottaway

    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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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. 🙂

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