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JamesBowie
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since 2000-11-25

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big old Bangor Maine up by the shack

0 posted 2002-09-23 02:20 PM

birds flowed in breezes across the sky
turning clouds of motion capturing insects
and the attention of my little girl
who smiled in delight at the birds display

she turned to me to speak but I was drifting
so she placed her hands on my cheeks
looked me in the eyes and then she told me
"when God speaks he doesn't use words"

I did not have a clue as to what she meant
but she just smiled and looked up to the sky
that was when I saw the birds seeming to play
then I said "Isabelle what did you mean?"

Very seriously my three year old told me
"God wants us to be happy, so he made this day"
"and his birds are letting us know"
"that he is listening to my prayers"

Very simple, but also very complex
my daughter and her belief
but the message was for me
and I just had to smile

A real man

kisses his children goodnight

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2002-09-23 02:29 PM

"when God speaks he doesn't use words"

You have touched on one my obsessions here! Expression through symbolism and archetype...

and yes, it was having children that started me wondering, looking into the eyes of a baby, and knowing he had intelligent thought, and presuming no language as of yet...well...I'll have to stop, because I've typed that litany so many times here---but a beauty of a poem, and good for you, for hearing Divinity speak to you through your child!

JamesBowie
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since 2000-11-25

Posts 252
big old Bangor Maine up by the shack

2 posted 2002-09-23 02:33 PM

It was a very nice day, and luckily we have been able to give my daughter some roots but she blew me out of the water when she said that god spoke without words. A concept I would not think a 3 year old could even start to grasp. J

serenity blaze
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3 posted 2002-09-23 02:39 PM

Bob Greene wrote a delightful column once about watching his 2 year old son wake up---the baby opened his eyes and said, "wow."

Mr. Greene wrote that he carries that thought with him even now, that we should wake each day with new found innocence and joy at just being here...

Thanks for reminding me of that! (I'll have to go searching for that column, it was a wonderful piece, much along the same lines as this poem.) Thanks once again.

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

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Realms of Light

4 posted 2002-09-23 03:29 PM

"Out of the mouths of babes!...."

--very special!

~ God speaks to us in many ways. ~

Earth Angel

han_tigger
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since 2002-08-10

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Thundersley, Essex, Uk

5 posted 2002-09-23 04:04 PM

Such a beautiful thought, maybe it is true, who knows, but the idea is lovely, i think you should extend this idea further could make another nice poem full of images.
My poetry website is: http://www.geocities.com/han_tigger/HannahInglis.html
Hannah.

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