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Swords & scabbards
Holsters & guns
From power’s vantage
ideology & wisdom
tensely sit
May all who lead
be tempered
by peace’s whisper
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Fat Tuesday revelry
slips toward journey
Amidst gaiety & solemnity
invitation beckons
As we move toward 40
to what will you listen?
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Longing for predictability
the unexpected happens
Planning for security
risk taking arises
Between
safety & chaos’
pause
wonder invites
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Even as Wonder
dazzles & awes
it clarifies & inspires
Wonder is miracle bound
in each moment
mundanely sparkling
in the everyday
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Season’s pause
From white chill
to green lush
Upon child’s palm
frozen crystal
reflects light’s mantle
Wonder’s pause
on thaw’s cusp
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Kindle that which inspires you
Nurture that which feeds you
Nourished by illumination
be a light for the Other
aspire to awaken the Stranger
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As times change
name fears
Stepping into unknown
invoke courage
Where we are going
depends on stories retold
What do you remember?
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In aching
we sit with those who suffer
In loss
we walk with grief
In lament
we listen to anger
In our brokenness
may we heal with the Other
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In exile we walk
torn between worlds
community longing
individually inculcated
In exile we wander
longing for signs
watching
waiting
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Faith & doubt
dance amidst
awakening & revelation
Truth & myth
pirouette between
figurative & literal
Understanding balances
humility & ego
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Weary feet fall forward
Wary countenance checks carefully
Signs exclude
Words reject
May we welcome the neglected
by accepting diversity
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Into the morn
the unexpected arises
As afternoon unfolds
the unplanned blooms
into awakening
When evening unfolds
awareness reveals wisdom
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Peace poised precariously
amidst arming agendas
Previous patterns parroted
responsibility ravenously relinquished
We wait – watching
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Neither rhyme, reason
fear nor sanction
binds Spirit
In absolutes’ temptation
conviction & ambiguity walk
Be Change
what remains r details
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In silence
truth speaks
In breath drawn
expectation pauses
Exhaled
wisdom dawns
As a new day
flows from now to then
how shall you listen?
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It cannot be purchased or acquired
though it can be pantomimed & staged
Awakening dawns with
a commitment to ask
Who am I?
Who are you?
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Into the mirror
warily do we look
for harm’s reflection
we must confront
As #TRC unfolds
may we continue
even in discomfort
look
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Stars gather
& glimmer gathers
In the spot light
margins are obscured
As privilege assemble
may those with ears
hear the silenced voices
Your reflections are most welcome!