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Honeybunch
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0 posted 2005-04-05 05:51 PM


From ash can arise a beautiful fire  
when belief is the only element left
to stir and awaken inbred ignorance
to the storehouse of mind’s unlimited power.

Yet still I am cold at this wayside alone,
my will to believe like an aged old dream
bent over and shuffling ever slowly, so slow,
back into the safety of my memory.    

Call now I do, “Hurry up!  Can’t you hear?”
And the wind blows - even ash goes away
when impatience becomes the ruler of soul
and weakness the norm each and every day.

Ah, but a crutch; how love holds me up
and steadies my walk when I don’t forget
but I do, like you, rush out unprepared
into the fray of short-lived happiness.  

Time comes and it goes and sometimes I know
flames flicker and dance in sweet attendance
but there in the middle of humble offerings
lies the plea for release and the freedom to be
a roaring and consuming everlasting fire.

There’s a corner somewhere waiting to be turned
and the sound of a shuffle ever slowly, so slow,
but no one can hurry the progress of growth
when the will to believe is bent at the knees!

Helen / 5 April 2005


© Copyright 2005 Helen - All Rights Reserved
JamesMichael
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1 posted 2005-04-05 11:01 PM


Enjoyed...James
passing shadows
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2 posted 2005-04-06 03:51 AM


indeed
Honeybunch
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3 posted 2005-04-06 05:56 AM


Thanks James and Dixie for the read.
serenity blaze
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4 posted 2005-04-06 06:58 PM


totally understanding this


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