[Thespiritexpress] Fwd: 2 poems read on Tuesday

[dbaker at mcn.org]

My dear Poetess friend..I love these.  "without relationship nothing 
exists"
sending love and light
Devreaux




On 2024-05-22 6:38 pm, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress wrote:
>> Calypso Orchid. To my Son
>> 
>> I’ll meet you at the edge of time
>> where your spaciousness and mine come together
>> in the heart of the tiny, wide-eyed orchid,
>> sitting at the foot of the big redwood
>> and looking upon the world with innocence
>> while purring with the contentment of an open heart
>> 
>> As we sit in our silence
>> the small flower lover of the giant
>> receives our beingness
>> and offers us our true Self.
>> 
>> Redwood needles carpet our steps
>> with tenderness
>> as you guide me
>> on the Fairy Slippers' trail
>> that leads to our inspired self,
>> that place of unity,
>> the All in relation to All.
>> 
>> Without relationship
>> nothing exists;
>> in relationship
>> there is everything.
>> 
>> And the tiny orchid with the many names
>> sprinkles the forest floor
>> with the love notes of spring. . .
>> 
>> *****
>> 
>> The Infinite Tenderness of Ordinary Things
>> 
>> How tenderly has the chair planted its four legs
>> onto the maple floor
>> that extends across the room
>> to the infinite patience of windows
>> encountering along the way
>> the willingness of table and sofa to be of service
>> and reaching the walls and ceiling
>> where a merging dissolves the room
>> allowing the sheltering to be complete
>> thus restoring perfect faith
>> in the support of all things
>> as the woman walks in and sits
>> in the centerless center of her house
>> within a hall of mirrors
>> revealing her true nature
>> as the source of all that is
>> in the silence that is the word of God.
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