<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Beaucoup de bisous<div class="">Riantee</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Measures<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Every time I am not totally at ease with another <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I am inauthentic,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">whenever that other is not at ease with me,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I am inauthentic,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">A sure measure of my beingness.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Any time I cannot receive a compliment <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">without embarrassment <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I am in fear, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">when I am unable to return the tribute <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">without hesitation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I am not my true Self.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Every time I am not in love<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I miss the point of me,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">the temptation of human existence <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">waves the fearful flag<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">in front of my eyes<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">and takes me into stories. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Worries, fatigue, concerns,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">planning the list for tomorrow,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">the things to get done,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">the obligations,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">the deadlines. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I say hello, I say goodbye.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I bypass the now, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I leave it behind, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I trudge ahead,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I look back,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I stumble, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I fall.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Only then do I look around<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">and finally <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I see.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">In the silence of contemplation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I receive the purification<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">of my fears. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">A mist penetrates the walls <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">and dispenses its goodness <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">to the atmosphere.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I recognize the possibility<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">to take the shadows in,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">embrace them all.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I pull myself all the way <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">to the end of the darkest darkness<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">then with a rubber band effect<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I shoot myself all the way into the brightest light.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I baptize the now, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I forgive myself,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am forgiven.</span></div></div></body></html>