EJACULATION

growing waves coming

slowly at 1st then building

ejaculation

Biologically, we tend to think of ejaculation as the physiological release of sperm (and other fluids) by a male into a female during sexual intercourse as part of the reproductive process to continue the species, but i like to think of ejaculation in a much broader sense. In this haiku, ejaculation refers to ideas that grow, often slowing, on the back burner, over time, building, gaining momentum, and eventually spilling out into some creative art such as music, poetry, painting, and journaling. This kind of ejaculation knows no gender but does have sexual overtones. The process calls for skills in caressing, enticing, and loving into being. Both men and women can experience this kind of ejaculation.

I find that journaling, and other kinds of writing like poetry, stories, blogging, words on  "post it" notes, helps me catch ideas percolating in my mind, opening up a space for them to eventually burst forth (ejaculate) from the intuitive depths into the conscious mind. 

After this initial step of awareness, the idea(s) need nurture, care, food, water, sunshine, shelter, and support so that they can put down roots and grow. This takes time, and i tend to be impatient, wanting to experience the sense of climax and orgasm that accompanies the ejaculatory moment. But the ejaculation of an idea is a PROCESS that may extend over a period of years, with sometimes mini ejaculations in between, as with a book length project, or spiritual awakening/enlightenment/salvation...in this later case, the final ejaculation may not occur until the transition of death. 

Then there are the smaller ejaculatory moments in daily life, the precious grace filled moments of sunshine on the face, wind in the hair, unbounded blue skies, light in a lover's eyes, the movement of dance in the elementals, plants, and animals and bodies of fellow humans walking about, the laughter of children playing, the feel of dog and cat fur, the scrumptious taste of food, the coolness of lemon aid, the warmth of soapy water while doing dishes, the feeling of evacuation after a visit to the bathroom, and so on...all of these are simple pleasures are part of an ejaculatory perspective of life, a process that encourages us to savor, enjoy, and relish the simple things in life...gifts of grace.