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Understanding

  There comes a time when happiness deserts my heart, leaving behind desolation in my soul. Words held captive, as water in a mountain, bubble through the fissures of my mind to run unheeded down the slope of life.   They gather in tiny pools, each bright as the sky. Reflecting twinkling sun dust, or […]

Posted in Deep, Love, Parting, Philosophy, Poems of Love, Poems of Philosophy

Love, Alpha to Omega

  Let us, in our hearts and minds reach out for the meaning of love. Love, despite the dictionary, is an emotion, a force. Mating may be accomplished without love in fact hate, fear or revenge may be a motive, as in rape. How then, is mating said to be making love? Certainly mating, while […]

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The Door

I am the door. Knock and I will answer. Through me, may all who seek it, find shelter and in my dwelling you will find peace. For in my house are many rooms and everyone will find their tongue spoken with understanding. And all who seek truth will find it in their own way. There […]

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Mortality

  Our mortality is just a moment of sorrow in the vastness of tomorrow. The sorrow is mitigated, not by where we have been, nor by what we have done, or how much we have accumulated and spent. But rather, by how much we have loved and been loved. How much we have smiled. How […]

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