Every month I tweet #MicroPoetry! In 140 characters, they are part prayer, thought, reflection, challenge or something in-between. I look forward to sharing them with you and hope that they may lead to reflection, musing and perhaps even discussion!

Acceptance
At time circumstance demands
others begrudgingly
& sometimes with bird raised
we must resiliently deny
& persevere to oppression deny

Inspired by knowing when to accept & when to resist …

Words pile atop 1 another
in their speaking & writing
often senses dull & our intention distract
Yet one act impression imparts when they fail

Inspired by recognising when an act says more than words …

Love
invites not to expect when we give
but with abandon
denying quid pro quo
in order that another may thrive
& in so giving lives we transform

Inspired by giving without expectation …

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To nurture a new way to be
one in which we collectively thrive
we must deliberate differently
If we change our thoughts
so too does our world

Inspired by perceiving in new ways to recognise new things …

We can plot the path
& check all is clear
confirm that the weather will cooperate
but the moment planning leads to doing
it is faith that guides

Inspired by knowing when to let go & begin …

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In service of our collective shared vision
in which each of us is afforded
the Universe’s promise of dignity
our strength quells fear’s discord

Inspired by visions that dissipate apathy …

The Universe awaits the potential
which sacredly resides within each of us
to be unleashed in a cascade of colours
which makes beauty manifest

Inspired by the moment when we harness our potential …

Look into a hurt world & ask
does what we believe contribute
to another’s suffering
If so
we must confront
we are meant to one another liberate

Inspired by the bravery to interrogate what we believe …

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