[Thespiritexpress] Simplicity In Tears

[Jima]

Thank-you Ed for sharing your poem.  I so like it when we each speak 
from the I and then as the "other one" of us is listening it may spark 
something in me or you.

Carlie


On 4/21/26 5:02 PM, Ed Balldinger via Thespiritexpress wrote:
> Greetings and Blessings to All ~
>
> I was moved by some remarks by Rabbi Yasskin in our Recognition Sutras 
> class today which lead to this observational poem I wrote from notes 
> and other remarks made today. It's my intention to read it in class 
> next Tuesday in the yurt.
>
> Peace and harmony to all,
>
> ~ Ed
>
> _Simplicity In Tears_
>
> There's a sutra class
>
> on Tuesday in a yurt.
>
> Do I recognize it?
>
> There are feelings of love.
>
> There are feelings that hurt.
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> There is one soul
>
> woven so close together
>
> it can't tell itself from
>
> the thread of itself
>
> in an integrated garment
>
> ever wanting to be shed.
>
> There is one moment
>
> for each breath.
>
> There is relief with
>
> every kind touch.
>
> There is simplicity
>
> in rice and tea --
>
> and I cry.*
>
> Edgar Z. Balldinger
>
>    April 21, 2026
>
> /© Nublin's Pub, 2026/
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