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Spring beyond Winter:
Bennett Peak’s green slopes are seen
through empty branches.
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Wind and rain outside
the quiet of this moment
within my cabin.
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A blue moon sleeps in
the winter sky, while the sun
begins to return.
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I am aware that
I am this awareness of
being this aware.
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Will you follow me
into dangerous places
and bring me back home?
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Forgiveness dissolves
the boundaries created
by anger and shame.
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Blushing, and then bruised—
first we are aroused, and then
we become savaged.
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This poem was written
while waiting for you; you’re here,
so it’s not needed.
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I have no regrets,
and would change nothing except
thanking people more.
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The wild animal
fears the hunter that envies
its vitality.
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Collaboration
is the best way frustrations
may become resolved.
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The kitchen holds things
that are simply there, as I
come, and as I leave.
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We may grow weary
of working so hard to be
as strong as we seem.
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Death is like the sky:
an illusion of limits
placed on the cosmos.
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My father had said
there’s no level playing field
on a round planet.
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This continuous
practice will achieve nothing:
rivers will still flow.
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This definite choice,
in a sea of infinite
possibilities.
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A beautiful child
has come to stay with us and
change our entire world.
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Firm against the flow
yet changing— flowing against
the firm without change.
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He lies beside her
afterwards, breathing in the
aromas of love.
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