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Thank you for sharing!! I cherish hearing your poetry!! Truly blessed are we 🙏😘Sue<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jan 11, 2023, at 2:06 PM, Richard Rasmussen via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jan 11, 2023, at 1:10 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> wrote:<br>
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Bonfires on the Beach <span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">2022-2023<span></span></span></div>
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Contemplating the fire<span></span></div>
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on the last day of the Old year<span></span></div>
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I behold the burning inside the fearful <span></span></div>
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suffering mind, <span></span></div>
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the flame of generations<span></span></div>
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that created fear, pain and anger. <span></span></div>
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I witness the blaze of invention<span></span></div>
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birthing worlds with love<span></span></div>
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and destroying them with greed;<span></span></div>
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that violent fire suffocating our time.<span></span></div>
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Smoke smothers me,<span></span></div>
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tears run down <span></span></div>
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and on the first day of the New year<span></span></div>
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my eyes go silent.<span></span></div>
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I begin a slow pensive ascent<span></span></div>
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into a continuous coming into being,<span></span></div>
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the word of Love suddenly plain <span></span></div>
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for me to see<span></span></div>
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in the fire<span></span></div>
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and in everything around me.<span></span></div>
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Each creation I behold<span></span></div>
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spells a divine word, <span></span></div>
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words are strung into sentences<span></span></div>
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sentences into scripts<span></span></div>
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proclaiming the joy of being,<span></span></div>
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the joy of knowing<span></span></div>
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that to be is <span></span></div>
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sacred<span></span></div>
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to live is <span></span></div>
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holy.<span></span></div>
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I behold<span></span></div>
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that indigenous fire ignited <span></span></div>
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over and over<span></span></div>
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illuminating the faces of <span></span></div>
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mother and father<span></span></div>
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sister and brother <span></span></div>
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with love<span></span></div>
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and the immense energies <span></span></div>
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of the universe<span></span></div>
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whisper of a future <span></span></div>
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that heals the past.<span></span></div>
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The fire slowly burns down<span></span></div>
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as I fall into dormancy.<span> </span><span></span></div>
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I become ember<span></span></div>
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I become ash<span></span></div>
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I disappear into a dream<span></span></div>
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that has no beginning<span></span></div>
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no end.<span></span></div>
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All of what I am<span></span></div>
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is a blessing.<span></span></div>
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