[Thespiritexpress] Poem

[lee michel alley]

What everyone else said: Beautiful, and thank you!

Love, Lee

> On Feb 1, 2024, at 4:30 PM, Jan Conlon via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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> So heartfelt and beautiful.  Thank you. 💞
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> On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:11 AM Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org <mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org>> wrote:
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>  Crying Out
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> Cry like a warrior,
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> cry your heart out,
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> don’t let them tell you not to,
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> let that deep grief that cleanses the heart
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>             free the ancestral line
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> of the primal pain;
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> have the courage to cry God a river,
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> plunge into the darkness
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> that has held back generations;
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> clear the way of blockages and obstacles
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> restoring the flow of water connections
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> from streams to rivers all the way to the sea,
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> cry and cry like a warrior,
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> cry until you have exhausted your tears
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> and touched the original wound with light.
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> Come to the newborn place inside,
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> full of curiosity, 
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> go
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> where the infinite sadness of the world
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>       dissolve into a delicious acceptance of what is,
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> that place where tears
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>    become laughter.
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