spiritual
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Hope Rises, Softly
Somewherea child dreams of a garden untouched by warwhere no bombs fall, only petals Lilies bend toward the light of dawna mother whispers I love you into her newborn’s eara teacher kindles wonder inside a young minda man unclasps his… Continue reading
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Fall Away
Forget the selfand God appears Forget the nameand hear the truth Forget the faceand feel the light Forget the willand flow in grace No “I,” no “mine,”no grasp, no claim Only breathand souland stillness The less I amthe more He… Continue reading
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Fragments, 5.21.25
There’s always something strange on my commute, but this Mother’s Day stood out like the sorest of thumbs. On the ride home, I passed a man walking along the sidewalk, casually gripping a machete. He looked menacing enough that, for… Continue reading
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Each Second is a Universe
A breath in stillnessa whole world begins to bloomthen fades into peace The ticking is softbut inside each quiet beata cosmos unfolds Time is not movingit opens like a flowerpetal by petal Even now it singsthe sacred in each momenta… Continue reading
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The Way of Freedom
Do not seek freedom as a placesome distant heaven paved in stillnessa throne where pain cannot kneel Freedom is not a gate you reachbut a river you become It is not the absence of stormbut the grace to walk barefoot… Continue reading
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Let the Word be a Seed
I walk & ask for a wordnot from books or sermonsbut from the sounds betweena pigeon’s wing & tree root’s dream I ask the breeze what names it carrieswhat syllables it weaves into the air Sometimes a leaf answerssometimes the… Continue reading
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To See One’s Shadow
The greatest gift is not wrapped in ribbonnor spoken in perfect toneit is the quiet unfolding of selfthe soft shedding of confusion’s thorn To see one’s shadow without flinchingto sit with the ache & not runto name the tempest within… Continue reading
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Time’s Quiet Shore
All that I wantedwas all that I hadno kingdom, no treasurejust stillness unclad A breath in the morninga glance full of lighta few words of mercyin the silence before night I held it like incensea flicker, a flamea moment that… Continue reading
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After the Rain
Blue mountains after rainfallbut not the blue you knew before No, deeper nowas if the sky weptonto their bonesand they drank it inwith silent joy Much bluerlike bruises healed from withinlike prayers whisperedthrough thunder Was it the rainthat made them… Continue reading
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The Rose Within
A single rose in morning’s breathUnfolds its heart, defying deathIts crimson tongue, both soft & wiseWhispers of truths beyond the skies It drinks the light, it bears the thornIt grieves for love & is rebornEach petal sings of unseen graceA… Continue reading
God Is In The Radio 