<div dir="ltr">Oh Riatee,<div>that is so deeply touching, as if your poem already clears some of the cries, bringing light as I feel it while reading.</div><div>Thank you.</div><div>Cornelia</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:11 AM Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u>Crying Out</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cry like a warrior,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">cry your heart out,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">don’t let them
tell you not to, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">let that deep grief that cleanses the heart<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> free the ancestral line <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">of the primal
pain;<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">have the courage to cry God a river,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">plunge into the darkness<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">that has held back
generations;<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">clear the way of blockages and obstacles<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">restoring the flow of water
connections<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">from streams to
rivers all the way to the sea,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">cry and cry like a warrior, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">cry until you have exhausted your
tears<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">and touched the
original wound with light. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">Come to the newborn place inside,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">full of
curiosity, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:0.5in">go<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">where the infinite sadness of the
world<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> dissolve into a delicious
acceptance of what is,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">that place where
tears <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in"> become laughter.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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