[Thespiritexpress] Poem read at Mastery

[Riantee Rand]

I have been in the habit of sending the poems I read on the Way of Mastery zooming session.
I often am graced with wonderful comments as a response.
Right now I am making a selection of poems for a book.
I would love it if people who cared to comment would add a grade from 1 to 10.
Or just give a number.
I would really appreciate
Thank you so much
Riantee

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> 
> The Protest
> To my Spirit House’s Brothers and Sisters
> 
> Yes, I protest
> the life that has given me no life,
> the circumstances that have made me a victim
> of a belief that was not mine,
> of a fate that did not belong to me.
> 
> I protest the things I did because I thought I had to,
> and the ones I did in rebellion and resistance,
> the books I read because I had to learn
> and was told it was the only way to acquire knowledge.
> 
> I protest
> the enlightment I sought
> that made me blind to the light, 
> that light that shines within me
> every moment to be rekindled,
> by words,
> by flame,
> by rock, 
> by the shimmering whisper of the river,
> by the sparkling scales on the ocean’s skin,
> the velvet of your voice,
> the twinkle in your eyes,
> and the smile forever stretching 
> beyond the limits of the unknown
> to be known
> by the love of my friends,
> brothers and sisters in the circle,
> my ancestors,
> my children,
> all my relations,
> by the love of the mother and father
> always with me,
> so close
> and yet so far
> when I forget to step out
> of the have-to, the must, the should,
> the prison of who I thought I was,
> through a door invisible to me
> but always opened
> as a reminder of who I truly am,
> that door now so wide and welcoming
> when I walk into the circle.

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