THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS A LITTLE LIGHT
Feel your own being walking among the stars
The spaces beyond to the heavens yet unknown.
They exist for your pleasure, wonder, amusement,
if you cannot hear the song of those places call
then you are not silent enough to know
that all of everything is within us all.
Send your spirit soaring out to the places it belongs,
the space where the roaring silence
carries you away from the humanity of violence,
to those undiscovered places that are calling you with
longing,
telling you that there is a place you’ve not seen yet
but have a space waiting for your belonging.
And when you return to this body of flesh and bone now still
here
know it is only temporarily your home, yet not the best part
of it.
Open your heart and think of nothing here to be too dear
but see all of the weightless beauty held deeply within your
spirit.
© M Durfee
1.12.2014
Ah yes, lovely. A reminder to create some silence each day to allow the spirit to breathe. I had to create complete silence to read this too :-)
ReplyDeleteIt is the best connection of the day Cinnamon.
Deletewhere you store up your treasure...
ReplyDeleteand there is more than what we see...so i like the casting out of the spirit
as i think it def sees things differently...
Just don't forget to take your soul along Brian, one should understand what they are seeing in the unknown lands.
DeleteVery nice piece. Lana went out photographing this morning and got some great shots of morning light.
ReplyDeleteEvery heart is a different heart Charles and connects differently
Delete"all of everything is within us." A pondering thought, for sure.
ReplyDeleteRosaria--in every "sacred" text it says in one way or anothet "know ye not that the kingdom of heaven is within you?"
DeleteI have only rarely been silent enough to feel the spaces, but it has happened enough to remember it clearly.
ReplyDeleteThere in lies the beauty Alice, once you know the silent places exist you can find your way back to them by way of many roads.
DeleteMark, this may be my favorite thing you have ever done. I love the ethereal imagery. Just lovely. xo
ReplyDeleteThank you Jodi...lately I have been meditating on life's shortcomings and how we conquer them.
DeleteHow beautiful Mark ~ There is beauty and light within all of us ~ Very uplifting to read, this is one of my fav of yours ~
ReplyDeleteGrace thank you as well, the most beautiful thing I know is the unsilenced stars at night and that unfettered view of the nights light is a mere reflection of te beauty we all can display.
DeleteIt's such a beautiful, tender and life-affirming poem, Mark. One of your very best. I loved it.
ReplyDeleteKim occasionally I have to stop shouting just so i don't forget the goodness of creation.
DeleteToo many thoughts to elucidate. Or, maybe that should be hallucinate.
ReplyDeleteThere are many roads to the same garden Carleton.
Delete... that's exactly what I want ... omg, this is so beautifully written, Mark ...
ReplyDeleteThank you MeowMomma...your desire is within you which means the understanding is there as well.
DeleteI love this, I have only rarely been silent enough to feel the spaces.
ReplyDeleteAhh but Vikas you have found that silence where the spirit walks which means with effort silence can overcome the noise when you wish to hear your spirit walking with you in the master of creations presence. Oce fond it is oft forgotten but never lost.
DeleteBe Well
I've written so much about the peacefulness on the boat and the way that nature makes me feel--free and without a care at all. It is truly a good thing to be quiet and listen to something that says more than any human could.
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