<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">I love the new view comprised of unified eyes, the choice between all these voices, and how the "I" in indomitable gets bucked of its own horse here, Riantee. I really admire how you allow infinite love to corral the "heroic ego" into the "eternal us" and I wanna hop on that bus and ride awhile, too. Thank you for the radiance with which you allow this poem to beam - bravo!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">~ Ed</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> </div><div>Date: 4/14/23 2:36 PM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org </div><div>Subject: [Thespiritexpress] Poem read last Tuesday: Listeners of the Bright Eyes </div><div><br></div></div><div><blockquote class="" type="cite"><font class="" color="#000000">IF ANYONE IS THINKING OF ORDERING THE BOOK <b class="">MAGIC THE CAT ON AMAZON OR BARNES AND NOBLE</b></font></blockquote><blockquote class="" type="cite"><font class="" color="#000000">please wait a week: there are typos and such that stand to be corrected</font></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">To the Listeners of the Bright Eyes<span class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="MsoNormal"><span class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you for lending me your voice, <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">thank you for giving me a voice,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">thank you listeners of the radiant faces<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">for offering me your eyes<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">when I get on my high horse<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">and suddenly <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">the righteous stallion takes me on a wild ride <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">awakening my pride and rousing my combative spirit,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">that raging self feeding on outrage, <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">the self that seeks revenge,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">that is always right<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">and never wrong, <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">the self that will prevail<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">and be knighted for punishing infidels,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">the warrior that will save the world<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">and be acclaimed by all of creation,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">the hero that will sit in Heaven <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">to the right of the Lord Supreme. . .<span class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="MsoNormal"><span class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">but suddenly, I feel your eyes on me<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">my throne crumbles, <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">I tumble down <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">and fall,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">flat on my face I fall<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">and a life of lies passes in front of me.<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">I remain on my knees<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">I cannot stand.<span class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="MsoNormal"><span class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Where am I, where was I? <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">You are opening my eyes:<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wasn’t I working on forgiveness,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">on acceptance and surrender,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">on the infinite love<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">that I am<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">that you are,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">you who have given me<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">this voice, our voice<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">these eyes, our eyes<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">to see<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">the eternal me,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">the limitless you,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">the perfect being<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">we all are.<span class=""></span></div>
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