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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;">Dear Ones, thank you for your request <img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" class="yahoo-emoji-wrapper" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/263a.png" width="16" style="padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;">Here is the poem from yesterday, inspired by Tibet</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;"> </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><div style=""><div style=""><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" style="" color="#440062">The<span class="ydp58abfe7dApple-converted-space" style=""> </span>Gift</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp1" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; min-height: 13px; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062"><br></font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp1" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; min-height: 13px; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062"><br></font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">They destroyed my house,</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">They killed my wife.</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">They robbed me of my children,</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">They dishonored my path.</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp1" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; min-height: 13px; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062"><br></font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">They stripped me of my titles,</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">They ruined my health,</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">Unearthed the bones of my fathers,</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">And burned my shrine at the end………..</font></p><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; min-height: 13px; letter-spacing: normal;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; min-height: 13px; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; min-height: 13px; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062"><br></font></div><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">…What they left me with… is<span class="ydp58abfe7dApple-converted-space"> </span></font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">The secret… this strange gift…</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">After everything is stripped away,</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">What is this, that still remains…?</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp1" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; min-height: 13px; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062"><br></font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">What is this strange joy , that feels like an ocean of warm silk?</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">The delicate song of the baby bird brings me to tears;</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">I can hear the trembling silence of the stars;</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">Why do my lips wear this peculiar smile?</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp1" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; min-height: 13px; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062"><br></font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062"><span class="ydp58abfe7dApple-converted-space"> </span>*<span class="ydp58abfe7dApple-converted-space"> </span>*<span class="ydp58abfe7dApple-converted-space"> </span>*</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp1" style="font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px; letter-spacing: normal;"><br></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" style="" color="#440062">The veil is burnt. You paid your price.</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">Keep the secret, hide your smile.</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" color="#440062">You hear the music, hummed by Eternity,</font></p><p class="ydp58abfe7dp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal;"><font size="3" style="" color="#440062">They don’t know. It’s between you and Infinity.</font></p></div></div><div style=""><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style=""><p class="ydp57a6e4fp2" style="margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"> </span><font size="3"> * *. *</font></p></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div>
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<div class="ydpf66d6cccquoted-text-header"><b>From:</b> Lydia Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org></div><div class="ydpf66d6cccquoted-text-header"><b>To:</b> rnadeau via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org></div><div class="ydpf66d6cccquoted-text-header"><b>Cc:</b> Lydia Rand <riantee@mcn.org></div><div class="ydpf66d6cccquoted-text-header"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 06:45:39 PM PST</div><div class="ydpf66d6cccquoted-text-header"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Thespiritexpress] Poem today</div>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Me too<br clear="none">Riantee<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On Feb 11, 2025, at 1:25 PM, Jima Abbott via Thespiritexpress <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Victoria,……I hope you will post the poem you read today. I was so touched and hold the memory of it in my heart.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Carlie<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <200.webp>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">> Thespiritexpress mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress</a><div class="ydpf66d6cccyqt4003718706" id="ydpf66d6cccyqtfd67942"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Thespiritexpress mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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