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Honeybunch
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0 posted 2008-08-29 12:53 PM


Morning dances lightly upon my consciousness
its gentle tread a soothing of what awaits ahead
but heart takes up the arms of rebelliousness
and seeks again the safety of what it hoped would be.

It nestles in remembrances of true womanhood
that opened up the gates to complete fulfilment
and lays the wreath quietly so at the feet of love
in the manner of a mourner at a grim grave stone.

Sun witnesses from afar this harsh abandonment
but the birds serenade the dawning of reality
that gaily heralds in an unwilling pirouette
into a pleasant but meaningless relationship.

The mind on the sidelines sends out messages
“Constrict, contract, squeeze, tighten up!”
and the heart cries the tears of one to be denied
because it knows to feel and anticipate
the slow approach of brittleness.

The dead and dry, brittle, will assuredly die
when the mind protects and closes up
its pipelines of sustenance
perceived now and always
as unconditional love!

Helen / 29 August 2008


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Skyfire
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1 posted 2008-08-29 01:23 AM


I had to read this through two or three times...

I love what words can convey and how beautiful they can be when they're penned in sequence

Margherita
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2 posted 2008-08-29 05:10 AM


quote:
The dead and dry, brittle, will assuredly die
when the mind protects and closes up
its pipelines of sustenance
perceived now and always
as unconditional love!




Wow, dear Helen! You certainly have put aside any residues of numbness!! This is again an outstanding write and the last stanza is simply perfect!

It seems we can't reach full satisfaction down here in our relationships, but when we move our focus from our ego self to our higher self suddenly we seem to be much less in need and we can see what we truly are ... complete in divine connection.

Congratulations for this one!

Love and hugs.
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

Honeybunch
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South Africa
3 posted 2008-08-29 01:09 PM


Thanks, Skyfire and Margherita.  No, I think I'm not numb but rather in shock.  It's a bit weird to not know how one is but it's like I'm partaking of life (and it isn't bad these days) but sort of watching it from the outside.  Yeah - weird!  

Love
Helen  

WindWalker
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4 posted 2008-08-29 04:23 PM


This is a good one!!!! Thank you for all your comments on my poetry.
Mark Bohannan
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In the winds of Cherokee song
5 posted 2008-08-29 04:48 PM


The dead and dry, brittle, will assuredly die
when the mind protects and closes up
its pipelines of sustenance
perceived now and always
as unconditional love!
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The above is what struck me the most though I enjoyed the entire read

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