ENCOUNTER LOVE

In this space where I am

I only find love

the moment I leave where I am

an avalanche of  emotion overcomes me

and I can't with the  pressure

to exist among so much pain.

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I see my environment change,

what was mud before

now it is an orchard,

and in the middle of the orchard

grows from the bottom

the seed of light that returns

and gives us the tree  of fortitude.

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The change, to my shore is approaching

and I feel the new energy ,

like sunrise in February

with its penetrating light  and its severe cold.  

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What was arid  becomes anew,

it changes much more than its shape,

gives way to a new story.

The broken land,

of their riches stolen,

it is venerated again  as a matrix,

although new life,

It never stop giving birth to.

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The change is not only outside,

but also  onto the earth

inside the guts 

and throughout time and distance.

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When I remember

and I can,

alone, I shut out the world ...

and in the silence I breathe

and there I am:

whole, complete,

full of ideas,

visions and goals

vibrating an innate energy

for being embodied light.

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The sun beats down

in the middle of winter

looking for the dark

its light gets

in this space where I am

and just finds love.

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Poem: "Encounter Love"

Written by: Joanne Mina