[Thespiritexpress] Fwd: 2 poems read on Tuesday

[Riantee Rand]

> Yes indeed,
> 'Without relationship nothing exists,'
   but the next line should be:
   ‘with relationship everything
		IS’

 ‘With relationship there is everything’ was from an earlier version!

> On May 22, 2024, at 18:51, Devreaux via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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