<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Riantee, this poem is a beaming reflection of the poet soul scripted in immeasurable purpose of pure content clarity. Thank you for enriching our lives with this beautifully divine gift. Namaste...</div><div><br></div><div>~ Ed</div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> </div><div>Date: 11/17/21 8:32 AM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org </div><div>Subject: [Thespiritexpress] Poem read at Mastery </div><div><br></div></div><div style="text-indent: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 27pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Poet’s
Lament - </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;" class="">Up
Fisher Point, Utah </span></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </p></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">I extract words from the lichen growing on boulders,</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">I rob the wind’s breath for inspiration, </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">I arrest the hawk’s flight to drink the juice of power,</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">I plagiarize the twisted shapes of pinion pines </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">to form sentences.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">I am poet,</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">the thief of what was given for free </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">on filaments of love.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">The modern bard burglarizes;</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">broken is the connecting thread </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">between word and soul;</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">having avoided the dark places of wisdom</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">the images within a song</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">are dull, </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">empty sounds. . .</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">But the forgotten pictures</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">still attempt to knock on the poet’s door,</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">to seize the imagination, </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">annihilate the individual</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">merge the lovers,</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">and meet the one who dares to jump </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">straight into the fire</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">to die and resurrect.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">An alchemical transformation.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">Now the new language makers,</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">extracting words from within the color of lichen,</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">endeavor to retrieve the lost soul</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">and project behind each sound</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">the eternal truth of who we all are.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">My words only become true</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">when you </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">who listen </div>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="">put them in my mouth.</span><br class=""></div>
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