<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"> Beautiful 💕<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 21, 2022, at 12:07 PM, Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Tulips<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">On the shiny red marble counter, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">The burgandy tulips are dying. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">floating from the round glass vase <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">into the middle world of our kitchen,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">their pale green stems, once tall, emerald and erect<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Have lowered <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Their necks like swans, skimming the surface<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">of their reflection, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">the velvet petals <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">are worn, stretched open<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">like palms in a mudra a if to extend their last blessing<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">before they fall.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Each flower <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Navigates the angles of light<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">content in the last days<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">to drift, one petal at a time, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Scattering a design <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Benaeath them where they drop.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I stand contemplating<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">The shaft dust particles dancing in the skylight<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">the rays of sun joining us <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Framed in a still life by Rembrant<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">When suddenly <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">The sound of a rain begins to ping from inside my head<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">and the once blue sky fades to grey <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">changing the hue on the canvas of the kitchen. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">stunned with sound and color <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Startled like a newborn .<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I don’t know what is happening,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">everything blazing and quiet<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">In this explosion of beauty.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">this impulse of ecstacy <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> coursed though my body<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">guides my arm to reach <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">for this and my hand to do that.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Witnessing this<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">effortless alignment unfolding<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">A perfect order of every detail<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">I am experiencing and have always belonged to, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Culminating since the beginning <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">when there was no beginning<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">bringing me inside the pulse of the tulips <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">how we are joined<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">how they are gazing back at me<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">enchanted by the mystery of each other.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">So many years of seeking….learning about things,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">How they work and what they mean,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Who am I and what is the meaning<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">And now the answer comes to this.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">To float in the vase of my body like a tulip<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">extending love, beauty and fragrance<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">following the compass of light<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">allowing each notion to drop gently in the end<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">(without end)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">as time and separation <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">simply fade away. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: center; " class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Toni Bernbaum <<a href="mailto:tonijean@mcn.org" class="">tonijean@mcn.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Tulips....</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">April 21, 2022 at 12:01:43 PM PDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">Tulips<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><font class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">On the shiny red marble counter, <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">The burgandy tulips are dying. <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">Floating from the round glass vase <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">into the middle world of our kitchen,<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">their pale green stems, once tall, emerald and erect<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">have lowered <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">their necks like swans, skim the surface<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">of a life’s reflection. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class=""><font class=""> T</font></span><span class="">heir velvet petals</span><span class=""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">are worn and thin, stretched open<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">like palms in a mudra, as if to extend and receive a last blessing<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">before they fall.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><font class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">Each flower <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">navigates the angle of light<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class=""><font class="">content </font></span><span class="">to drift, one petal at a time,</span><span class=""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">scattering a design <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class=""> when they drop.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><font class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font class=""><span class=""> </span></font><span class="">I contemplate</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">the shaft of dust particles dancing in the skylight<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class=""> of sun framing us <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class=""> in a still life by Rembrant<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">when suddenly <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">the sound of a rain begins to ping from inside my head<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">and the once blue sky fades to grey <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">changing the hue on the canvas of the kitchen. <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font class=""><span class=""> S</span></font><span class="">tunned with sound and color</span><span class=""> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">startled like a newborn <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">I don’t know what is happening<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">in this blazing quiet<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class=""> explosion of beauty,<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font class=""><span class=""> </span></font><span class="">this impulse of ecstacy</span><span class=""> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class=""> coursing throug my body,<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">guides my arm to reach <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">for this and tells my hand to do that.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">Witnessing this<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">effortless alignment unfolding<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">the perfect order of every detail<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">I am </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">experiencing, always belonging to this, <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">culminating since the beginning <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">(when there was no beginning)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">bringing me inside the pulse of the tulips <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">how we are joined<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">how they are gazing back <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">enchanted by the mystery of this recognition of each other.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><font class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">So many years of seeking….learning about things,<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">How they work and what they mean,<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">Who am I and what is the meaning,<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">and now the answer comes to this.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">To float in the vase of my body like a tulip</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">extending love, beauty and fragrance<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">following the compass of light<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">allowing each notion to drop gently</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class=""> in the end<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">(without end)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">as time and separation <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="">simply fade away. <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><font class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><font class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;" class=""><font class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; "><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Thespiritexpress mailing list</span><br><span>Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</span><br><span>http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>