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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity 
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* * * Relief * * * These hot restless afternoon hours boost my thirst for calmness. Yet my breath is out of rhythm as I try hard to wrap myself into a cape of serenity. Anxiety accumulates within my chest just as dark clouds gather in the sky. Suspended between a desire to escape and the more logic need to be grounded, I still feel the inner turmoil growing. A sudden lightning and the thunder exploding almost instantaneously make me jump and the fragile safety bubble I was hiding in bursts exposing myself to the moment. Windows transform into drums as immense raindrops race down. I let this rhythmic tune enter my cells. I close my eyes and find myself standing under a giant waterfall. For a long long while I am like all the plants that absorb the blessed water and allow every particle of dust to be washed off. My breath is deeper and calmer and I feel how anxiety dissolves just as the skies clear up again. I realize that my towers of turmoil are made of imaginary substance. I am healed by the power of Nature. Gently I surrender to my true essence. * * * |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Margherita- your openess to the Universe and the wisdom that it brings is joyously obvious in all your poetry. This piece is especially revealing about the connectedness of it all. Very much appreciated! Lori  |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you, dear Lori, for taking the time to read and comment so very kindly. Love, Margherita |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Using natures little outbursts to get inside it and bring it into your own world and fantasizes is the absolute correct and fantastic way to beat the shivers and the fear . . . ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Gale Senior Member
since 2013-06-10
Posts 578Russia |
Seems it's a stormy summer... A very nice poem! |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you both, dear Jerry and dear Galina, for your most kind replies here, I enjoyed your visits. Love, Margherita |
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Lady Goodman Member
since 2012-10-04
Posts 193 |
*smile* I don't think it ever occurred to me that you might have days when you feel out of sorts... You're so...serene.  Love you, Margherita! |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Sure wish we would get some of that "relief" Margherita. It is hot and muggy and I feel like doing exactly nothing. Maybe I should follow your example and at least get a nice poem out of it. Ida |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Karen, thank you from my heart for your loving comment. Oh, is there anybody really in this world who can be always serene? Maybe some Monk or some Zen Master, but I think in this world of duality no one escapes totally a touch of darkness every now and then. I am an essentially melancholic person, but I react and I do know deep inside that life is a wonderful gift. Love you too! Dear Ida, yes do that for the joy of all of us! Heat can be quite a challenge for our activities no doubt, relaxation is not a bad idea though and creativity can still flow ... Thank you so much for your loving comment. Hugs to both. Margherita |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
You always remind of the natural rhythms within when we are open to Love and Life. |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Wonderful piece! Mother Nature truly has a way of calming one, doesn't she my friend. We take so much of her for granted now-a-days, yet she still appeases the soul when we need it. jimmy |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
We all need that cleansing. I love the feeling of peace that always emanates from your writings. Michael |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you, dear EmmaRose, dear Jimmy and dear Michael for stopping by and for commenting so kindly. Have a wonderfully inspiring Sunday all. Love, Margherita |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
The healing power of nature is strong, as is the message in your excellent rendering! It is wonderful to read your poetry once again, Margherita! Misce |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Your visit here and your loving reply feel like a warm hug, dear Misce! Thank you from my heart! Looking forward to reading your next poem, dear Poetess. Love, Margherita |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
a pleasure to read...James |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you, dear James, for reading and commenting so kindly. Margherita |
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