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In the Midnight Woods
In the midnight woodswe listen To the calls of wild creaturesrustling in the dark The moon hangs highpouring its milky lightacross our faces A frog hops closepauses to greet usthen vanishes into shadow The night teems with lifeand we are… Continue reading
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Ten Thousand Thoughts
Sitting still as the world spinsMorning stretches, stirs to life The sun lifts its golden headAbove the rim of the waking earth Spilling light across the skyThe promise of the new day Brimming with ten thousand ideasTen thousand thoughts Each… Continue reading
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What is Love, if Not This?
What is loveIf not the mergingOf two beings into one? If not the bickeringThe grumpy words softenedBy forgiveness? What is loveIf not the kissPlaced on her browAs she dreams beside me? If not the unwavering truthThat she is the centerOf… Continue reading
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In Love With the Night
Bells toll in the distanceAs night falls My lover’s hand in mineWe walk into the cool wind The trees breathe around usTheir boughs sway Wet grass kisses my bare feetThe world is quiet, alive And II am in loveWith the… Continue reading
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The Birdsong
The birdsong is musicDrifting through morning air I wonder how they liveHow they loveHow they speak each other’s names They sing so tenderlySurely they knowWe are listening, too Continue reading
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Soft Rain
Soft rain falls from an ashen skyThe earth drinks deepWater & soil in quiet flowEach thing needs the other Continue reading
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My Guest House
I grasp for happinessWarm & fleetingBut it races away I push against sorrowMean & unwelcomeBut it refuses to leave So insteadI open the door wideInvite them both inMake them teaLet them sit awhile Eventually, they riseSmile & nodThen quietly leave… Continue reading
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Each Day a Mystery
Past & presentFuture & now Empires rise, flowers bloomBoth destined to fall Lives flicker into beingFade just as gently The sun risesThe sun sets We wake each morningIn a world remade Carrying fresh fearsCradling new hopes What will today hold?How… Continue reading
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Still Life
Lying in the cool roomCeiling fan hummingCat curled up in sleep Skin cooled by shadeA book lies open, forgottenCandlelight dances on the wall Nowhere to beEverything to savor Continue reading
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The Light of Attention
Whatever may comemotion, rest, both are welcomereturn to the breath ** Joy or sufferingin each feeling, a doorwayback into the now ** Mind sharp or fogged inthe light of attention glowsalways there to touch ** This moment, this breathawareness calls… Continue reading
God Is In The Radio 