[Thespiritexpress] Poem read at Mastery

[Judy Haun]

I give you a 10 Riantee. I love all the poems that you read. Thank you 
so much.

Judy Haun

On 3/9/2022 9:33 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress 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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