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AncientHippie
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since 2009-10-15
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Surfing the Cosmic Flow

0 posted 2009-11-03 02:26 PM




My children will always dwell
          in Transition.
They will be occupied with moving
through Themselves
into a changing Present.

That emergent child
will ever look back,
to whom they once were,
before embracing,
and being in,
          Transition.

          Life's veil is not a barrier,
          nor a wall to hide behind:
          Life's veil is not a handicap,
          nor a burden to be carried...

see instead a gentle fog
that focusses your sight,
removes distraction,
doubt and fear,
to clarify your will:
step through the shimmering doorway,
and be where you belong
          in Transition.

And later
in some other When,
or in some future Now,
all you have been
will shine as light,
a gentle guiding beacon,
in other children's night:
a torch that will light them through
          Transition.    

PS:  I have this poem as an avi file with music on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx3M5DpCoZ0

"We are stardust:  we are golden:  and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."  --Joni Mitchell "Woodstock"

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MorningStar
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since 2009-10-26
Posts 290
Pittsburgh, Pa
1 posted 2009-11-03 03:31 PM


A father who can teach his children not to fear time and to seize each moment is worth his weight in gold.  

This is insightful and elegant.  I enjoyed it very much!

Aenea

If I don't say it...who will?

AncientHippie
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since 2009-10-15
Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow
2 posted 2009-11-03 05:53 PM


Aenea:  Thank you very much.  Your comments lift my spirits.
Go well.
Jim

"We are stardust:  we are golden:  and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."  --Joni Mitchell "Woodstock"

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