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Awaiting this

Wave the hand of consciousness to reveal what lies beneath the mist of thinking. That realm of obscurity, where faith is a wick; knowledge, its wax; and the Beloved, the igniting breath. We read the words and seek their meaning, … Continue reading

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Sound and No Sound of Waves

Slashes of pale blue behind clouds. While, wind and tide repeat the pattern of things bumping into one another. A metronome, all ticking without end. Who can fathom where it began. I thought last night, ocean waves combine in sound … Continue reading

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Show Me Your Face

Of all the eyes I’ve gazed into, each pair was a lens that converged the same single light from so far within them; In my squinting quest, they must have thought me mad. But is was only in Your eyes … Continue reading

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The Absence

Part I – The Absence In the silent strike of her haunting hours she slowly stirs, wakes, and sways from a drunken fog to awoken dreaming He beckons across a midnight lake and says, “Come beloved, wash the confusion from … Continue reading

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The Aperture

I’ve surveyed the heavens for immeasurable treasure well beyond reaches of mankind’s endeavors. The quest is tricked by our limited views of mysteries disguised as discovery’s clues. We artists create what we seek to reveal as our hearts alchemically turn … Continue reading

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Out There

Out there, just over the bruised horizon is another year disappearing. Out there on the western edge of remembrance, something is always disappearing. I look into this seascape with a forlorn feeling and yet an enigmatic foretelling. The curl and … Continue reading

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Company on the Path

Rumi warned to never travel alone on the path. Yet I look around and find great and silent company everywhere. Still something is missing. Jami said “if you have never trodden the path of love, go away and fall in … Continue reading

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Keystone

Thou art the Keystone in love’s majestic archway Ne’er having to duck my head, here unafraid I walk through You, I walk beneath You, whilst to my own wayfaring heart I bow and pray. Before Your door standing, all senses … Continue reading

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The Old Sea Dog

On winter’s eastern seaboard haunts Spirits bled from the seams of the heart Beneath the torpor of a glaucous sky We soak and settle in sobering eyes. One writes, one waits, Both writhe through relentless change One cannot forsake his … Continue reading

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In the Hidden Wood

I thought to myself, “I have a haunting feeling I’ll be passing this way again.” But what if I were to take a different path to get here and then from here onward, yet another. Could you be with me? … Continue reading

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