Just Listen

to what you see.

  Fix your eyes

on what you 

hear.

  Do you taste 

the backward syncopation 

of 

  your life's choreography?

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Does the primeval perfume of the sea

wash over you

does the acrid taste 

of 

of a single rose petal dropping to earth

move you?

Feel the stars on your fingertips

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and 

shine light years

on

someone's life.


  Dedicated to my mother

Grace

long gone

but who loves me still

beyond 

the light years of time.

I am empty.

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Domestic holiday preparations 

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and a family gathering
 
in a sumptuous atmosphere

as I envision it

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simply 

will never happen

around my

humble table.

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But when I realize


that if I stepped outside of myself


and 

observed love and beauty 

from

 

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and 

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  I would burst into 

efflorescence

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  and

thanksgiving. 

My Life

has been beautifully

dérangée...

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slightly disordered

and 

disrupted.

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But as I examine the 

external forces beyond

that have slowed me down lately 

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I treasure

the greater might

within me...

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within 

you. 

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Internal Peace 

is

For All Seasons.

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Wishing you the most beautiful

 

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and 

peace-filled

Easter, Passover afterglow

and all the other

celebrations 

of 

YOUR LIFE.

There's Nothing New

Under the Sun

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except 

when a seasoned woman

pays mind to the light years 

above

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and 

 is young again

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when a fragile spirit

listens to wisdom

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and is empowered by

understanding

 

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or

simply when

the gossip of bluebirds

spreads across 

the vernal sky.

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There's nothing new under the sun 

except 

when you are born again 

everyday

to

Pay attention.

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Be astonished.

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And

tell about it.
 

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(dank, mijn lieve zuster)

Last quote by the poet Mary Oliver.

We're not alone

while we're busy 

decorating our homes 

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and shopping

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for the season.

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is also polishing its 

chandeliers

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and decking its 

halls

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for its

guests of honor

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at 

the table of celebration

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and merry-making.

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I want to

surrender my crown

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for a woodland wreath of peace 

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and dance 

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with

the rhythm of

earth's intelligence.