One of my favorite bloggers, deserving of a re-post…checkout any one of his most 20 visited posts. You’ll surely be warmed or touched to the core!
And be sure to see today’s post, ‘The Mature Rose’.. inspired by Annie Lennox.
https://topofthewater.me/2017/03/31/the-mature-rose/
Three hundred sixty
Pulled every which way around
Yet headed to goal
Upon the leaf
the dewdrop does rest.
Nestled amongst the twigs
the egg does rest.
Cradled in the shell
the pearl does rest.
Does your beating heart
In your chest, rest?
Against all the odds
With no sliding off
Atop the satin soft leaves
the dewdrop rests.
No cracking no piercing
Between brittle bramble twigs
the egg nests.
No irregularities and perfectly unique,
In mineral enamel shells
Lays the pearl to rest.
And you
So gently encased
Have you felt
How you do rest?
In your skin, in your chest
So graciously bestowed.
So befriend your abode
It’s where you can rest.
Know your caretaker,
Feel how you are carried
And so sacredly married.
Through sickness and health
For richer or poorer
Through good times and bad
Til death do you part;
So don’t miss your find
To know your true home
That constantly cradles you so.
Gently reaching upwards
Driven by the deepest thirst
Reveling in the nurturing rays
Silken petals drape
Curl and seductively pout
She knows she is a lure!
Every entranced glance
Every gentle stroke
Serves to excel her beauty
Mesmerized by her own fragrance
Kindly bestowed from within
She recognizes her gift
Preoccupied she seems
Envied by the loveless
Yet magnanimous she loves
Why oh why!
Does she tempt you so
Day and night, night and day
For she knows nothing else
Than love is all
For onlooker and herself both.
Be the rose, be the weed
The inner fragrance of love
Is the same for all
Dig past the facades
Gleam through all the layers
For you too, are your very own rose!
You are so near,
Yet when distanced
Even my longing is but a pleasure!
And when I return within
To this place of my home
The sweetness is so familiar
Yet constantly refreshing with the wonder of being alive..
How you are the salt to all my sustenance
The butter making all my richness.
Together I am complete
Apart I remember my fortune.
What simple divine grace and precious living..
What more is there to say
Than Thank you!
And may I always continue
Each day
In that one irreplaceable union with you.
It has not facets and yet it gleams
It needs no polish and yet it shines
It lives freely for it cannot be stolen
It is priceless and yet it’s abundant,
It’s sort for universally
And vibrates through all that’s living.
So many assets
So widely prevalent
Easily underestimate
Often overlooked
Poorly prioritized.
A living death without!
Yes you’re right!
This antique
Yet renewable gem
Is LOVE.
How you find it
Where you find it,
Everyone’s story is also a gem.
Yet the truth is
You’ve always had
Your gem so close,
Yet never knowing
It could gleam
On every thing, in everyday.
For how else
Could love be all around!
When the pot is full
It overflows
Whatever it holds
Spills all over
I too am a vessel
Sometimes enchanting
Like crystal and china
Sometime dense
Like cast iron and granite
Yet always incredible by mere design
My five senses
Serving me the contents
Filling, filling
Yet somehow
Always remaining half empty
It’s take the Master craftsman
To stir and shape
Just so precisely and smoothly
As the secrets lays
Deep, deep within my moulding
With love and care
The brew begins
With a little awakening
The pot starts simmering
The essence of love
From the depth of my being
Begins to bubble
Begins to surface
The aura permeates
The lure entrancing
Ingredients of life
Begin to come alive
What was once
Just a flower
A star
A lapping wave
All now connect
As my heart is awake
Humbleness to kindness
Smooths out the creases
Love and peace
Brings out the timeless
When true love is found
From inside out
The resounding beauty
Is of no doubt
In the quiet of the moment
All noise
All burdens
All distractions
All dissipate
In the nakedness of the moment
All layers
All colors
All embellishments
All relinquished
In the nothingness of the moment
All abundance
All magnificence
All completeness
All revealed
In the beauty of the moment
All vulnerability
All transparency
All simplicity
All acknowledged
All in just a moment
All the sound of quietness
All the completeness of nothingness
All the beauty of nakedness
All free to be felt and owned
All found in the moment
The home of everything
Positive and negative space
Where does one begin and the other end
Connect to the soul and you’ll know
Original design work exploring negative and positive spaces by first year architectural student.
Gloriously my heart opens
What can I possibly fear
You shine your love
So direct and radiantly
Through the many miles
Scaling the galaxy
Tireless, relentless
Never to be absent
Whether a ray or blast
With clouds attempting to overcast
How could I not
Be ready to receive
Each day I bloom
My core coming through
In all my glory
It is you I have come to know
You teach to be constant
Stray not from the focus
Each day making the effort
Is so part of the play
My beauty is the reflection
The peace, the love
You shine my way
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