sunshine and light

Posted on July 8, 2017 by eteal

The cat seeks the sunny spot.

She sits in the light.

simple.

the Light is everywhere.

go sit in it.

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gifts from strangers

Posted on July 7, 2017 by eteal

the door opened and it was as if three kings baring gifts had suddenly appeared,

if gold was cheese.

the door opened and it was as if Love had descended into their world again,

if love was a dog.

 

what is true is true, find a story that heals.

 

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hidden joys

Posted on July 6, 2017 by eteal

The bottle brush in bloom beckons…

yes, fireworks are still making the occasional rattle and spark –

but nothing compares to the red explosions at the end of each branch.

Hummingbirds and bees dash in for sips,

Little lizards eat littler bugs while lazing on the bark,

and there amid the joy is Love.

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Ready?

Posted on July 5, 2017 by eteal

Are you prepared for Peace?

Are you prepared for Love?

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while fireworks

filled with false thunder

explode instead of bombs

and

celebrations sparkle in the heavens,

the sentinel stands ready for Love.

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why do we think we need to prepare for war,

we need to prepare for Peace!

 

 

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Freedom

Posted on July 4, 2017 by eteal

some think freedom is being able fly,

and so they symbolize it with birds –

but i think freedom is being able to love,

no symbols needed only actions.

.

 Liberating Freedom is knowing You are Loved.

 

 

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freedom to play

Posted on July 2, 2017 by eteal

She rolled on her back,

reaching for all the sunshine she could gather in her outstretched paws.

Joy shimmered from her fur like a Fourth of July sparkler.

Independence without true Freedom is still tyranny.

 

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transformations

Posted on July 2, 2017 by eteal

today i exploded

all over my everyone.

i found myself outside trying to collect the bits and pieces of me

that were still clinging

to the corners of my cheeks,

 wondering if collecting myself is also a form of hoarding….

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 through my tears,

i spy the chrysalis.

hanging by a slender thread,

brown, black and grey,

looking like a diseased leaf curled.

Camouflaged like death Herself,

the butterfly awaits

Her becoming

having given up all hope of every being a caterpillar again.

 

 

 

 

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High and Dry

Posted on July 1, 2017 by eteal

the thunder spoke

and the rain fell.

but inside

all was well.

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poop

Posted on June 30, 2017 by eteal

the caterpillar looked like bird poop.

i watched as it voraciously ate the lemon tree leaves….

(and if i am honest, i felt a little like poop at the moment, and every bit as gluttonous)

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we are all made in the image of the Divine.

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thus we imagine God as man.

does a dog image God as dog?

or a cat as Cat?

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what of the tadpole

or

the caterpillar?

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what about You?

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courting egret

Posted on June 29, 2017 by eteal

outside the building

a cattle egret in full courting plumage

strutted their stuff before an audience of bipedals who lacked the feathers

or the knowledge to listen.

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messages of Love often get lost in translation.

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dance them anyway, someone is listening.

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