RED ROVER, RED ROVER LET [YOUR NAME HERE] COME OVER

(c) 2009 Howard McQueen

Like pre-teen children enrapt in the play of Red Rover [1]
we launch ourselves with complete abandon
into the strong, embracing arms of others.
The faces beam at us, encouraging our charge.
We find the line is strong,
it almost always holds and contains us,
while we spontaneously overflow in the pure ecstatic
joy and delight of play.

I am recalling this now, as an adult,
not merely to live in the past and reminisce;
my work is to uncover and reconnect
to these childhood states of unbounded estacy.
I am shining the light,
nourishing and cherishing
that living in-being,
this child-self within me.

Here is my blessing,
to all these children, dwelling within us,
desiring the gift, to come out and play
cherished and protected,
to bathe in the oversight of our unconditional love:

I will give, in my turn,
then it will be your turn to give,
and then all the others will join in,
in their turn to give,
for the secret is in the giving,
not taking,
for there is an abundance to give from your well.
and we will all fall into Love as we give unconditionally
from the Well,
this eternal river of shared innocence, of divine presence
living in the moment, overflowing,
gushing this abundant ecstasy of joy to play.
We learn to open wider, bigger, taller, deeper
to the divine radiance,
the living festival,
the exuberance and downright, down home rapture,
being in-body and consciously connected to it all,
in this spontaneous, in-the-moment joy in playing,
sharing and flowing in the spontaneity
of this mysterious existence.

We will open our hearts and give,
no matter what arises.
It matters not if our fellow beings
sometimes fail to receive our giving,
our highest purpose is to just keep giving
and not be attached to outcomes,
for we are all here to play with each other
and fall deeply into Love,
with all of life.



[1] For a reference on the children's game Red Rover, this was one of the activities groups of children engaged in before there were video games and other isolating distractions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rover