[Thespiritexpress] Poem read at Mastery

[Judith Edwards]

Riantee. this is a 1 or a 10 depending on the scale. This poem is so beautiful .. but all of your poems are. This one is so visual for me. I can see it like a painting. It actually reminds me of a print Bill made before I met him. A woman is seen from behind climbing steps, in a beautiful gown, hair down her back. She is approaching a gateway into the unknown/future with grace and without fear.

Thank You!
❤️  Judith

> On Mar 9, 2022, at 11:33 AM, Spirit House via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Riantee ~~~~~~~~  My first thought is “YES” this is a PERFECT “ONE” as this is all non-dual material with are working with and your poetry complete support that deep inner knowing~!!! Then it occurred to me that - “wow, wait a minuto here Señor - isn’t there something to be said about the "Perfect 10”…" - So, from me it’s a Perfect One and a Perfect 10 ~~ however the scale is calibrated from either perspective~!!  
> 
> w/Love for the art of Poetry ~~~~Ron
> 
>> On Mar 9, 2022, at 9:33 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org <mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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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