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Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on May 7, 2021
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Vision

Photo by Todd Trapani on Unsplash

Overlapping emotions
can be hard to juggle,
especially in times of struggle.
We may run, and
hide, yet still never forget
you may always abide.

In a presence within you,
which was created prior to
your becoming,
and all the little things of knowing.
There’s so much more to discover,
so let the music play, and
carry you away.

Dance and sing,
even when it stings.
For in those moments of
consternation,
you are always burning bright,
with creation
and determination.

Just as you are now,
don’t fret, rather,
be that which you see
on those long cold nights,
when you feel frightened to
the bone. Chilled by indecision,
and all those misgivings
of your past collisions.

They are a part
of this worldly subsistence,
and, in fact, can teach us quite a lot
about our own resilience,
and mutually coexistence.

Remember also, my dear,
that we all have these moments
of indecision,
so be present to all that you are,
and never fear,
because you are a part
of a much grander
vision.

#poetry, #contemplation, #existence, #introspection, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #presence, #vision

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 6, 2021
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Mystery

Photo by Arun Clarke on Unsplash

Darkness envelops me
as I turn the corner,
and for one moment
there is a glimpse
of the mirror
refracting back light,
which startles me
with such delight.

I continue to

wander, and wonder
what it is we see
when we empty ourselves
of the trauma and pain
of a life spent yearning
and burning with such
conviction,
it’s like someone else has given me
no restrictions.

As I pull away from the dream
I’m reminded of the pain,
and the knowing
that it’s okay to feel the burden,
which I spent a long time masking
with other versions

of a self made long, long, ago.

Another place and paradigm
fed and fueled me then.
Yet, it’s important to
look at the history,
while remembering that
all creation lives
in this stories
present mystery.

#poetry, #contemplation, #history, #introspection, #life, #love, #mystery, #poem, #poems, #reflection, #reminiscence

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 5, 2021
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Tanka #12

Image credit; Alka Jha @ Unsplash

A memory of
times gone by, set against the
deep blue sky, wispy
clouds remind of transience
and stunning reminiscence.

In response to the WDYS #80 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

#poetry, #life, #love, #monuments, #nature, #poem, #poems, #reminiscence, #tanka, #transience, #wdys80

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 4, 2021
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Haiku #21

Photo by Nicolas Lysandrou on Unsplash

sky painted colors
of nature, they mix, mingle,
and dance together

#poetry, #beauty, #haiku, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #poems, #sunset

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 3, 2021
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Adjoining Hands

Photo by Piero Vitelli on Unsplash

I’ve been thinking
and reflecting
more upon childhood.
Those days, rich with innocence
and all that bliss.

Who’d a thunk
we’d be wandering and wondering
about those days
so much later,
as if time was encapsulated
in a tiny mirror, and we,
now looking back,
are trying to figure out
all that we missed.

During those days of
never ending joy, which
are quite often
remembered
With thoughts full of love,
which we can and do employ

as needed,
especially when it’s
just rightly seeded.

We reminisce.

And yet as we look into
that tiny mirror,
what we see is a mere reflection
of the love that’s
always been within.

Never wavering for a second,
that child’s love for the life lived,
is greater than any other
transient figure.

Love was there then,
is here now, and
will always be around.

Then?

When times are tough,
pull out that tiny mirror,
and gaze into
what you know is already there.

For they are still within you,
my dear friend,
and are simply awaiting
your adjoining hand.

#poetry, #contemplation, #innerchild, #introsepction, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #reflection, #reminisce

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on May 1, 2021
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Harmony

You, me,
these three,
and all that’s in the sea,
the air, and the land, both
underneath, and all that’s seen.

Connected through unseen
in-betweens,
spread out like a
maze of infinitely translucent
fibers of being, oh, so fearlessly.

And, yes, we may call This
harmony, if you please.

In response to Friday Fun – harmony from aroused, by CalmKate.

#poetry, #beauty, #fridayfun, #harmony, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 12:00 pm on May 1, 2021
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Haiku #20

Photo by Jackson Hendry on Unsplash

stars twinkle off the
horizon, while shadows dance
illumination

#poetry, #haiku, #illumination, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #shadows, #stars

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 1, 2021
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Remembering The Mirrored Child Within: Amber and Jeff (3)

Godly pure clay they came,
shaped then crafted
by environmental ruptures,
connected to Spirit,
adjacent to our home world,
this molded fabric weaves,
through the veil of amnesia.

Cloaked
in a brocade of vibrant colors
and images
of another place and paradigm,
as we left that ruptured line
and connection for a time.

Mirroring parental behaviour,
in the earthly realm,
observative as they are,
education brings the moment we see
children as innately wise and capable beings;
only then can we play along in their world.

Fitting into God’s plan,
to be of service to the divine.

Our invitation?

Shine a light
on all that you find within,
which came prior
to the social necessities laid bare
before you. Reconnection with Truth
is one of the greatest gifts
we can deliver to ourselves, and
all the rest of the fauna
and flora we find
everywhere.

Breaking the chains of illusion
necessitate the
familiarization with the Atman,
residing within the chambers
of the heart.

Seeded offspring from the
universal intelligence,
when you utter, leave an impression
on the young,
allowing them to embody
and fully love
who they have become.

To see the magical in the all
and be the teachers of the old by
remembering what you already know,
which lives within, and is free and clear.

Another lovely collaboration between Amber of DiosRaw and myself. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did writing it!

#poetry, #childwithin, #collaboration, #contemplation, #introspection, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #realization

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on April 30, 2021
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Elfje #6

Photo by Mike Castro Demaria on Unsplash

Pink
The flower
Speaks to me
Words unexchanged in silence
Beauty

#poetry, #beauty, #elfje, #flower, #life, #love, #nature, #pink, #poem, #poems, #silence

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on April 29, 2021
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Now

Photo by Andrew Krasilnikov on Unsplash

release
from within you
the myriad trials,
and tribulations of
the past, instead
be here
now

#poetry, #contemplation, #introspection, #life, #love, #meditation, #now, #poem, #poems, #presence