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Light

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For a split moment, it was there, I tell you.

I saw the fresh, warm, and glowing light:

it sparked in the middle of a grey haze of confusion.

The confusion – it’s hard to put a finger on it –

it’s like today is like yesterday, and yesterday like ten years ago.

it’s like the dream is waking hours and waking hours like a dream.

But when you see the spark, your skin feels just right –

it’s as if time no longer binds you to where you are now –

as if you have been where you are supposed to be all this time.

let’s play, dance, run, chat, laugh, walk, sing, hum, smile.

let’s embrace, rejoice, pray, remember, tribute, welcome.

let’s listen, see, feel, understand, meditate, contemplate.

9.3.2024

Forgive

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Son, forget this madness.

All this rage, bitterness, and brooding is getting you nowhere.

Hold on to the memories of love, grace, and gratitude.

Let go of hurt, disappointment, and loss.

Look at what remains and celebrate.

Release your pride, ego, and glory.

Find peace in humbleness.

Seek to create light in dark,

shelter to the lost,,

and warmth for the cold.

9.1.2024

Back

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See:

I’ve been a fool long enough.

My eyes dazed upon the flame,

so bright, courageous, and warm in the dark,

I hungrily reached out, deadly too close, to the boundary.

Until, finally, I caught myself in spiegel.

Listen:

It’s not what we take that brings warmth to us.

It’s what rules we choose to abide by

that allows us to stand on our two feet under the glorious sun

and be at ease with ourselves

that keeps us warm.

Commit:

We will endure what comes before us.

Suffering will not, albeit close, last eternally.

Should we be alone all the way in the end,

we will find strength enough for a smile

for we will know we have done it the right way.

Believe.

8.16.2024

Line

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Come on, my friend, don’t be afraid,

I wish you’d be glad than be sad,

For glimpse in eyes, I saw gaze shy,

I guessed what might start this fright

If you know what I think you know,

Please see light in this I promise,

For this I keep to all I avow:

I won’t seek to cross this line.

This line, I know, I dared too well,

For my heart, too, knew when it sang.

Still worry not, for I honor my kin,

Through thick and thin, it’s here to stay.

So hear me out, please, when I say,

Worry not, and stay in delight

For journey’s long and dark and winded,

I seek to trust and repute our creed.

This creed to help, and do good a deed,

Beyond our skin and belly we fill,

I believe this above my greed.

So this is the line I vow to keep.

8.5.2024