Cinquain Train

Cinquain (Aim for a L1 - L5 link)
L1 2 syllables
L2 4 syllables
L3 6 syllables
L4 8 syllables
l5 2 syllables

Use the last two syllables of the previous poem to start the next cinquain

Ice Queen
is it snowing
crystal daggers inside?
Warm to love and feel life’s sorrows
dissolve.

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Dissolve.
Let go of thought.
What are you afraid of?
Share yourself freely without dread.
Seek life.

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Seek Life,
It sought you first.
Take the greatest gamble -
expose your heart to all you meet.
Just be.

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Just be.
Drop the burden
At the sacred doorstep.
Enter into the comforting
Silence.

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Silence
Of the wild night
Owls hooting, bats swishing
Invisible helpers astrally projecting
Healing

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Healing
Could it be true
Something monumental
I ask might it happen too me
Waiting

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Waiting
for the river
in your bloodstream to flood
these galestruck levees of waning
patience

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patience,
all that is shines
perfect and is just right
becoming ok with being
here now

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Today
The dark clouds
Gathered from many lands
They  bring raindrops that will rain down
'morrow

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'morrow
we will protect
those who gather around
unsure of what is happening
Fear not

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Fear not
for God is love
and tends all his lost sheep
love is our route home, his gift our
free will.

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Free will
to choose your life.
Creation in your hands.
Acorns grow into giant oaks!
Live well.

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Live well
fear not, love all
creatures, humanity,
with true compassion emulate
Gods love

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Gods love
Gently shines on all
The light within responds
Illumining all in  embrace
Ah! Grace

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Ah, Grace!
Washes over,
my imperfect body,
also cleansing my hidden soul.
Redeem.

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Redeem
Inevitable
Urge to be in control
Consider the toll on your soul
Let go

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Let go
of negatives
anger and resentment
replace with positive and fill
with love.

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With love
Return again
To know yourself and see
Everything is possible
Just Be

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Just be
True to yourself
And like a clear mirror
Reflect what shines on you back to
Itself

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Itself.
Antithesis,
healthy view external,
We manifest transperonal.
Ourself.

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Our self
Togetherness
In interconnection
Mutuality in action
Like Us

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Like us
all creatures ask
to simply be allowed
expression ,a life being true
to self.

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To self
Like thunderous
Buffalo: to others
Like quiet water and the sound
Silence. 

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Silence
Train in valley
Snaking through wooded trails
Smoke billows into lazy clouds
Peaceful

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Peaceful
in dark moments
Even amid the bombs
Find equanimity within
Loving

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Loving
Today they took away,
A true leader from us,
Beautiful soul that I admired,
MOURNFUL

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Mournful
Mission cut short
Soul giving wake up call
Spirit lives to see peace again
HOPEFUL

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hopeful -
more positive
love well,  yourself and all
no room left for fear when love fills
cosmos

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cosmos
new year daily
each planet its own time
ever-changing, moving and still
timeless

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Timeless
A jewel or
Precious thought of life or
What we are essentially and
Create. 

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Create
Your own world
By doing your own things
And just be yourself and
Enjoy

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“Enjoy”
Erick, thanks so much
Really  like your advice
I've followed this precept for awhile
Daily

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Daily

News is old tomorrow

But news never stops

New news will be there again

Tomorrow

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Morning
dawns ruddy glow
adorns earths curving cheek
Man's newsworthy stories about
to break.

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To break

the day in two
is what you should do

with a good feeling everyday

and stay.

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and stay
to play, today
or stay away and pray
on bended knees to humbly say
“your way”.

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“your way”
is a special way
it might not be my way
but it is good to experience it
every day

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Each day
when fully lived
at work or play expressed
fills the cup right now each treasured
moment

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Moment
the path of time

stop to smell the garden
keep the feeling with you now and
always

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Always
keep in mind
that the more you give,
you will be rich for
always

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Always
communicate
always collaberate,
jaw, jaw, jaw, is preferable
to war.

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To war

is to invite
death, hatred, egoism
Be on the side of peace and truth
Be well

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be well
find inner peace
love dissolves heartbreak
cementing our connections, be 
tranquil.

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tranquil
inner findings
can be found here now too,
while resting the mind on the breath
flowing.

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Flowing
in unity
in synchronicity
loving living being at One
with all

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With all
focused seeing
comes a inner knowing
of something greater than the Self
centered.

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Centered
feeling grounded
loving earth and all that
is the light of the divine One
revealed

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Revealed
effulgently
from the creation womb
is the light that feeds us all now
in birth

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In birth,
From the darkness
Our mind wet and waking
Our life open and fighting; awake
Torn life

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Torn life
separated.
A patch waits - love will sew
life to quilt a divine cosmic
design

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design
wise enchantment
wells from behind the veil
of tilling the soil with the truth
present

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present
momentary
ephemeral existence
bubbling up to the reification
perfect

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Perfect
a universe
within, at our centre.

Whole within the whole and focused

unite

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Unite
In harmony.
Honey bees seek nector
in flowers and warm summer days
a buzz

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a buzz,
lamenting now
a foregone deflation.
ignorance lights the way to feel
a burn

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Burn
inflamed all knowing
spreading-searing all fronts
scorching my enemies with light
in peace

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In peace
you are a piece
holographically
conjoined, seamlessly connected
as One

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as One
created way
the moments are bequeathed
through our birth-right to spread essence
by words.

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By word
by wing and fire
torn in two by our birth
mended by our mythology
seamless

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Seamless
friendship signposts
on each souls road to peace
our hearts eased as we take each step
unite.

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Unite
glory, rejoice
surrender the ego
to gravity - the common bond
One seat.

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One seat
the curtain opens wide
it's the finale at long last
It's me

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It's me
watch me flower
petals open to light

unique contribution to God's
garden

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garden

sprouting a seed
for the roots to go deep

the fruit is offered to the sky

heaven

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Heaven
above all else
soft warmth aglow with light
radiance emits cold fusion
energy

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ergy;
no carbon guilt
for the voice calling home
when the need is great for comfort
in faith

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In faith
we learn to trust
love holds trust on silk thread
not tied but extending freedoms

treasures.

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Treasures
like a crystal
or wings made of bees wax
colourful cellophane plastics
lenses

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lenses
to clarity
with devotional arms
I embrace the path to freedom
power

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power

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Powered
by the rhythm
of the universal
our hearts take a unique journey

called life

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azure life
 lots of fiery days
many orange moon nights
time moves in golden waves of light
a buzz

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a buzz

bees repeating

a repleting word-train

a early tapping in the mind

reborn

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Reborn
Coffee days and
Fear that one will pick you
apart with dead accuracy
Close me

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Close me
to reappear
even more transparent
open my wounds and let me bleed
healing

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Healing
separation -
compassion and love bridge
the wide chasms where fear takes  grip
take heart  

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take heart
take hede for the
weak becomes the strong now
from the chasms razor sharp edge
free will

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Free will
choices bought
intentionality
unfolding wings for the moment
ballance

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Balance,
A way to go
I'll never lose again,
I know that from now on and on,
I'll win

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I'll win
if I stay true
to my higher spirit
loves path to unity is found
within.

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Within
A need to share
Everywhere kindred souls
So much has been said and shared here
Thankful

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Thankful
humility
in the comfort of peace
a blessing flows down like water
in stream
 

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Cinquain (Aim for a L1 - L5 link)
L1 2 syllables
L2 4 syllables
L3 6 syllables
L4 8 syllables
l5 2 syllables


In stream
Flowing strongly
Fish avoid the rapids
But in rocky shallows, calm ponds
Fish swim

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Fish swim
birds fly in sky
wings adorn the butterfly
and we must walk with our heads held high
grounded

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Grounded
with legs planted
a crown reaches skyward
while becoming the middle way
refuge

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l5 2 syllables

Refuge
In  times of hardship
Transforms as our needs change
For meditation and healing
Haven

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Haven
let us be One
each  for one another
accepting, sharing and loving
in peace

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In peace
muddy trenches
dry and close-up the wounds
calloused grounds open to the seasons
give breath

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give breath
for it is life
we take it for granted
until we struggle and gasp breathe
our last

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Our last
the beginning
the pause of contentness
between and betwixt universes
okay

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Okay
an endorsement
inner outer beauty'
reflecting the universal
wholeness.

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wholeness
human being
not a human doing
I´m good enough as I just am
loving

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Loving
in my image
of my name creation
together you and I exist
as one

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As one
I watch birds rise
startled by a low jet.
In the ocean fish turn and wheel
one shoal

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One shoal
gives protection
confusion is their ploy
in oneness perfect unity
connects.

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Connects
to images
stuck in my body and soul
that bathe and nourish my inner
child

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Children,
seed of adult.
Now grown we each carry
the baby, child and teenager
for life.

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For life
every being
celebrating dancing
bubbling with devotion potion
pure joy

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Pure joy-
the elixir
the seed that comes and goes
that grows in spite of season's  reign
lives on

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Live on
our planet earth
lightly, sustainably,

and future generations will
thank you

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Thank you
for the morning
and for the sunny afternoon
thanks for the nighttime and thanks for 
the moon

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The moon
turns the same face
to earth each night never
rotates to show us his shadowed
dark side 

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dark side
the other side
of the same flipped surface
contrasting luminosity
with void

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with void
nonexistence
opens space to invent
what dreams will open thought and fill
future.

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Future
not here and now
nor what has passed us by
but that which may never come to be
the past

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The past
is relevant;
a box of knowledge tools.
The future happens hopefully;
Now? Here!

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Now? Here.
I stand alone
Yet also with others
Our toolbox is full and ready
Onward

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Onward
here now or not
for how long who would know
who are we anyways who knows
any day

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Some day
any day soon
the world we work towards
will materialise in love
in peace

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In peace
joyful measure
every now a treasure
as we do learn to breathe with ease
leisure

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Leisure
never enough
cannot be bought or sold
but is a goal to be achieved
with rest

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With rest
the unfolding
brings the gleaming treasures
of eternal presence as one
human

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Human
imperfection
striving for perfection
yet we discover we are loved
always.

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Always
wondering how
the unfolding presence
stirs the soul to a greater depth;
selfless

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Selfless
free desire
unspoken languages
related to the rippling
river

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River:where do you go to?
When I throw a stone in you,
I change your stream
and yet it cannot be seen
by anyone

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Someone
should learn to count,
and keep the train running
smoothly

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Smoothly
we count the beats
syllable pattern makes
 a cinquain that arises from
spirit.

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Spirit
keeps me alive
forever forgiving
humbles me to my very knees
always

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Always
there, generous
gifts bestowed on each head
the universe favours no one
loves All

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Loves All
One Light Embrace
Home is where death takes us
Never need to fear to go there
New Birth

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new birth
a miracle
first gasp grasps a tight hold
and all her precious tomorrows
commence

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Commence!
This life is yours
innocent and trusting
Bless your journey, may you find peace
shameless

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Shameless,
no judgement here
only the present time
object relationship being
with space….

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With space
enveloping
surrounding my every fibre
blanketing and connecting me
with you

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With you
another me 
we  connect and touch base
as brother sister commingle
in trust

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In trust
faith is reborn
to renew a union
with Self, with Spirit, and others
we love

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We love
limitlessly
knowing we are whole-y,
part of all, is one, is love, now;
funny!

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Funny
how life changes
when love guides our life
heart to loving heart brings peace to
our days

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Our days
beautious bounty
richness of e-motion
intensely alive and kicking
Joyrush!

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Joy rush
when a heart fills
with divine love the flow
spills over and is shared with all
in peace.

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in peace
i beckon you
to come with me now
in my pure imaginations
with love

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With love
for all that is
overflowing your heart
you will find that love paves the road
with peace.

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with peace
come now and smile
to everyone you meet
standing side by side hand to hand
as one.

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As One
we have all we need
more than we can dream up
infinite  love and  abundance
always

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Always
come together
celebrate the wonder
dancing, laughing, overflowing
growing

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Growing,
maturation,
a proclamation now
to becoming fully human
with Zen

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with Zen
now here; aware
sound of one hand clapping
stills the stirrings of my minding
mirror

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Mirror,
the reflection,
seeing another in self-
revelatory True nature
brilliance

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Brilliance
is seen when viewed
with pure love, no shadow
is seen when higher spirit's truth
prevails.

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Prevails,
Persists, endures,
They say that in the end
Truth always wins over untruth
It's true!

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It's true!
Our soul window
has an intelligence. 
The gracious luminosity 
shines through

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Shines through
intuition
recognizing the truth
ecchoing within our heartbeat;
wisdome

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wise dome
cranial vault
knowledgable insight
comes from the infinite space
of light 

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of light
inside and out
through and around our all
jumping sparks between the atoms
ALIVE!

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Alive
to our planet
to the heavens above
to all fellow creatures man's born
to love.

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To love…
To life fullfilled…
A salute to blessings
eminating from the essence
merging

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Merging
melting fusion
elements of one soup       
here´s to freedom from illusion;
salute!

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Salute
this world anew
poised for a brand new dawn
a world where peace and love propel
progress

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Progress
on- and forward
increasing love potential
peace and joyfully surrounded
all ways

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All ways
forever more
into the creation
within Absolute constant love
conscious

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Conscious
of the blessings
that rain on us daily
when loving thoughts create ever
more love

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more love
more and more and
so it welleth over
washing through our inner waters
warming

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warming
likemindedness
seeing understanding
helps to see what really matters
between

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Between
us closeness
strengthens by loving One
show compassion inclusively
Oneself

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OneSelf
Here Now All Is
One soup of Energy
swirling round and round for ever
Being

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Being
this way or that’
adopting a new hat ,
only one way to be - true to
Oneself

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Oneself
tilling the soil
congruently apart
in separation together
a bloom

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a bloom
arose, perfumed.
growing towards the light
and nestled in its central heart
golden