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Honeybunch
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0 posted 2009-05-11 03:41 PM


In between the agony
lies a blessing I can’t see
but it pulses like a thing alive
waiting to be believed.

But blessings are like confetti
not able to withstand
the slightest breath of disregard
for their manner of being
and they hover momentarily
before simply flying away.

And so I know to wait;
blessings come dressed in disguise
but already I can feel between
the trappings of sheer agony
an unformed blessing embryo
waiting to be born
and yet, and yet, blessings must wait
for I too am dressed in disguise.

To clear the mind of agony
no easy task and yet must be
before the blessing can appear
and stand in its own worth
before the one who feels
but cannot know the shape and form
of what not yet is born!

Helen / 11 May 2009



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Kaoru
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1 posted 2009-05-11 03:46 PM


You are such an amazing writer, y'know? I am loving your work.
Honeybunch
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2 posted 2009-05-11 03:51 PM


Thank you so much, Kaoru.  I think I pretty much write what gets told to me as perhaps most of us do but I must admit that I can handle taking the credit.  

Helen  

Marchmadness
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3 posted 2009-05-11 04:08 PM


Nicely done, Helen. I understand your feelings here.
                                Ida

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4 posted 2009-05-11 04:26 PM


To clear the mind of agony
no easy task and yet must be
before the blessing can appear

I love these lines... even if I find the advice hard to follow.  *S* Excellent! *S*

Earth Angel
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5 posted 2009-05-11 05:18 PM


Honey, may there be bunches and bunches of blessings in your life! ~ and may the moments of agony be very few and far between!


Linda


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