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This Sobhet Came and Went

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

And some time came and went in a Tavern that never closes As we donned our cloaks and left, ‘twas another tranquil sunset among the many millions issued, another expression of white light  in as many radiant hues. We have … Continue reading →

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“Beauty Seeks a Mirror”

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

I was dazed by the colors of dusk, astounded by its clarity, immediately inebriated by light, spellbound by saturated hues, clouds aflame in saffron, tiger and tangerine, brushes of amaranth, lost in Egyptian blue. Others stopped to stare at the … Continue reading →

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Everything Became You

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

My heart is a winding painted canyon carved by my Beloved. I followed her echo out to the ocean And below Her surface I dove. I emptied myself into Her depths, beneath the currents of unspoken worlds and breathless I … Continue reading →

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A Rose in Life’s Grotto

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

Loving with an empty heart, we hear Her exhale, grotto’s dark, wrapping breath around the rose, in bending light, our spirits arc. A cavern entrance framed in thorns for spacious shelter from the storm, where some upon the threshold waver … Continue reading →

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Hu

Posted on December 27, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

Who am i? Am I the “who” of whom I ask, “Who am I?” Or the “I” who asks? That I wonder at all, tells me that there must be another me who is not an “I.” The answer of … Continue reading →

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Tea to Boil

Posted on September 28, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

I’m putting the tea to boil… finding a spot on the earth in which to sink, a heart string to play, my mind to think and untangle a knot of toil I’m putting the tea to boil Something warm to … Continue reading →

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Along the Edge of Change

Posted on September 10, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

This home’s creaking floorboards foretell under footfall, of the cool blankets of Autumn’s coming when crisp leaves leave in waves of colorful retreat from the swaying bone chill of the old tree limbs numbing. The glaucous sky is crisscrossed by … Continue reading →

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Click

Posted on August 28, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

Click From the wings I watch, The ghostly contrails of wayfaring souls, Long smears of life before they come, Then wept in light waves, en echelon After they go. We question, which is human and which is specter – Who … Continue reading →

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Puppet Without You

Posted on July 29, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

You are the depth of my water of what use is my boat and oar without You. And should I row into shallow waters I will stand and await Your deluge. Without You, this flame cries for warmth the heart … Continue reading →

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Just Passing Through

Posted on July 29, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

Moon sliced a crescent door as the sun prepared the tea, souls sigh before arriving, to be drunk and whirling as they leave. I’ve lamented quietly, ambled slow, but oh, not aimlessly following the Prophets black stone star alone on … Continue reading →

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