tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25301965330102577862024-03-05T12:46:37.122-08:00A Gentle Riotous BellaCatherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-50624033210719436822015-03-24T12:33:00.000-07:002016-04-07T01:44:45.171-07:00NeptunitesHer/His Neptune<br />
So many light years away<br />
Kept defying gravity<br />
Of Space and of Consequence<br />
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His/Her Neptune<br />
So fierce, so determined<br />
Would have its say<br />
Neptune is like that<br />
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*sigh*<br />
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And She/He were absolutely Neptunites<br />
Head to toe<br />
And They spun silently in space<br />
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The End.<br />
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Reach out for me</div>
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Take my hands and let them be</div>
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Sanctuaries for what you hold in your depths</div>
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Lean upon my shoulders<br />
Let them be your cup</div>
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A sanctuary to carry your tears</div>
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Dark and Deep</div>
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Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-47908415285190729982015-03-02T10:44:00.004-08:002015-03-03T03:55:42.496-08:00Unchecked Emotions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Nyala; font-size: 15pt;">Today
I lift up and give thanks for the element </span><i style="font-family: Nyala; font-size: 15pt;">Fire</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Of
<i>Fire </i>of sun and of
Gaia`s core</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Silently
and Steadily</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Bringing
forth the change of Season</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Of
<i>Fire </i>of cellular
burning brightly</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Silently
and Steadily</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Birthing,
dying, and regenerating</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Renewing
life daily in this body of mine</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">And
in the bodies of my loved ones</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Of
<i>Fire </i>that burns in
Touch and Hugs and Kisses</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Silently
and Steadily</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Unifying
me with the vulnerability of my humanness </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Connection</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Of
<i>Fire </i>that radiates within my
imagination</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Silently
and Steadily</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Igniting
`passion and activity`</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Creation</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Of
<i>Fire </i>in the furnace
and oven</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Silently
and Steadily </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Enveloping
me in a cocoon </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">A
safe place</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">A
place to `be broken and to heal`</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">A
place to `break bread and share stories`</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">A
place to `learn and grow,` </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">A
place to `forgive and love`</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">To
Just Be</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Thank
you. </span></span>
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Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-6803552674989485802014-10-16T18:43:00.000-07:002016-03-31T12:17:59.829-07:00Memories Held <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I.<br />
The ocean holds the memories of my mother<br />
Marguerite Alexandra MacDonald of Victoria by the Sea<br />
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The salt of her tears<br />
of joy<br />
of sadness<br />
of elation<br />
of disappointment...they bathe my feet as I walk along her edges<br />
They christen my mortality, as I dive deep into her recesses<br />
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I am more because of her<br />
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III.<br />
The jutting red cliffs embody the memories of my father<br />
Richard Lea Howatt of Tryon Point<br />
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IV.<br />
The iron of his will<br />
of simplistic<br />
of chaotic<br />
of steady<br />
of evasive<br />
They colour my cells, and fill the edges of my bones with battle-scarred marrow<br />
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I am more because of him<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Walking down</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A salty breeze</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcomes him home</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lost returns</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A child again</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bare foot and open heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Pretty road side flowers</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Your tiny heads bent in evening prayers</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Kindly remember his name</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>As your fragrant blessings fill the air</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Settings sun's</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Warming hearts and memories</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Your tiny heads bent in evening prayers</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Kindly remember his name</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>As your fragrant blessings fill the air</i></b></span></div>
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<br />Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-20289579106152678762014-09-18T16:12:00.002-07:002016-06-09T12:36:12.840-07:00This Land, This Sky<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A soil so red and ripe</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Giving birth to trees, grass, and all rooted beings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">A sky of ever changing blue</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Breathy with four winds</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Giving flight to whispery winged creatures</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Salty water</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Cut us </i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>and all of this w</i></b></span></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><i>ill be what flows from our veins</i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For we are not merely affected by this place</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Whether birthed here</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Or lured by siren call</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sand fills our bones</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Water in our blood</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rises and falls with the tides</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Creating the lilt of voice</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And the weightiness of step</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This place, that is of you and I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Is an altar where we may lay down to rest</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Knowing we are in our elements.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Knows
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Yours dreams of adventure</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Makes
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"> The far away come near </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"> Places and spaces</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">They
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">They dance ancestral steps</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">To
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Always waiting for you</span></div>
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Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-79255410342759191092014-05-06T07:26:00.001-07:002014-05-06T11:45:23.728-07:00Mindful-relationships<div style="text-align: left; widows: 4;">
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I
recently attended a Shamanic Journeying introduction. It</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> was
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">an </span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">uplifting and moving experience that has left me contemplating heart space in a deeper way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Can we be in mindful-relationship with all of</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> those
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stumble and crawl in </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">unsure, </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">weighted down</span> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">with awkward and
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">By
mindful-relationship, I simply (and profoundly) mean, <i><b>to be open and curious
about </b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">the
reason and purpose behind the arrival of each
and every person in our life, in an ancient shamanic way: </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">For,
if we are the creators of our own physical realities then
it would stand to reason that these people have a purpose
for showing up in our lives ... welcomed or not. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">So would it not make sense and be a
good use of our time to ask our hearts </span></span>why they are here? <span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">To explore what</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> gifts,
wisdoms and teachings we have for one another? And
seek to know how </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">we</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> can bless and support each
other's journey and evolution?</span></span></span></div>
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living within and from our hearts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The heart, like the brain, </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">generates a powerful electromagnetic field,
McCraty explains in The Energetic Heart. "The heart generates
the largest electromagnetic field in the body. The electrical field
as measured in an electrocardiogram (ECG) is about 60 times greater
in amplitude than the brain waves recorded in an electroencephalogram
(EEG). HeartMath studies show this powerful electromagnetic
field can be detected and measured several feet away from a person’s
body and between two individuals in close proximity.”(INSTITUTE OF
HEARTMATH -
<a href="http://www.heartmath.org/free-services/articles-of-the-heart/energetic-heart-is-unfolding.html">http://www.heartmath.org/free-services/articles-of-the-heart/energetic-heart-is-unfolding.html</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The
heart is one of the most important organs in the human body,<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
because it is one of the main mediums for connecting us to each other
and the Universe. Conventional science has taught us that the main
role of the heart is to pump blood to all the systems of our body.
This definition of the heart is not very accurate. Besides pumping
blood, the heart also has an intelligence of its own.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">According
to </span></span>neurocardiologists, 60 to 65 percent of heart cells
are neuron cells, not muscle cells.<sup>2</sup> This discovery has
helped them develop experiments that have proved the heart works
similar to the brain and in some ways is even superior to the brain.
This may be the reason that the heart is the first organ to function
after conception. Within about 20 days after conception, the heart
starts to function, but the brain does not function until after
roughly 90 days.<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(Pao
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">She awakened to a new dawn</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">On her breath she built a fire</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Flames lit the way as she traveled</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Down ~ Down ~ Down</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The ground beneath her feet grew wet </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">She discovered a canal </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It had been erected during the night</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Closing her eyes</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">She dove in </span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>He'll
take out his fiddle</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>next to come will be his bow</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>He'll
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>With
reverence, nice and slow</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>He'll
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when the time is right</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>He'll
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play with all his might</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>When
he finds that Perfect moment</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>He'll
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Tucking
fiddle under chin</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>And
striking bow so grand</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>And
joy will fill the room </b></i></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>accidental
chords race upon the air</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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his foot stomps out A rhythm</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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floor will bounce beneath his chair</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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will think it's thunder</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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God and We will know</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>It's
music afternoon in Heaven</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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Kenny's hosting the show</b></i></span></span></span></div>
Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-91159950491536573562014-01-29T17:16:00.001-08:002015-02-25T16:17:31.193-08:00Acceptance<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Awakening to a new day<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Hot breath steamy in the chilly morning air</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Eyes still distant with last night's dream clinging</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Down ~ Down ~ Down </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Into a new world <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Where a canal flows within a blossom</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Where the future is always present</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Down ~ Down ~ Down</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She dove in taking the whole world<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Taking all of creation<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Holding it close to her heart</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Down ~ Down ~ Down </span></span></span></div>
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Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-22373439335701954382014-01-20T10:24:00.005-08:002014-03-17T12:45:38.846-07:00All of our Eleventh Sons<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">If we are fortunate there will come a day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When after having gathered enough courage</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are able to answer the knock</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That only the brave heart can hear</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A knock that heralds the beginning of a journey</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To find all of our eleventh sons</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The banished, the beaten and the sold off parts of our past</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Exiled and left unattended in our Goshens</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have grown clever, wild, and powerful</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hiding their silver cups in amongst the folds of our days and nights</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Triggers readied and holding us ransom</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until they are finally recognized</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until we stand before the world in our totality</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Masks down, wounds and bruises uncovered</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vulnerable and cloaked in nothing but a colourful sacred wholeness</span></div>
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<br />Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-11435221002371509202013-12-28T14:06:00.005-08:002013-12-31T10:47:24.572-08:00Victoria By The SeaShe found herself on her knees<br />
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Digging in, she moved about the rich red sand<br />
Her hands and a shell of a large weathered bar clam for tools<br />
Her usual mind-chatter shut off and she was lost in the meditative flow<br />
Of hands and body moving with raw elements of rock and ocean<br />
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Cupping a handful of soil, she brought it close to her face<br />
She breathed in the strong smells of salt and unyielding infinity<br />
Her mother and uncles grew up on the high cliffs just above where she now knelt<br />
The hands of time opened and she realized a deep connection in that moment<br />
Their knees may have knelt in play, in this same spot ... before life revealed its complicated nature to them<br />
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Without a word she continued to work the sand before her<br />
Willingly becoming a part of the whole<br />
Her breath uniting with the music of the wind, waves, and gulls<br />
Absorbing itself in the sand, seaweed and broken bits of breathless crustaceans<br />
Broken down matter that still gives, still sings life's song of re-creation<br />
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She remembered reading that we are all breathing the same air that Jesus breathed<br />
That people on the other side of the world have breathed<br />
The good, the bad, the beautiful and the ugly<br />
The same molecules are still circulating and we are all literally sharing them<br />
It felt good knowing her mother's breath still lived on the wind<br />
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Sitting still within the miracle of that<br />
She took three deep breaths<br />
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Breathing in the Past<br />
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Breathing in the Present<br />
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Breathing herself into the Future<br />
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<i><b>"We all breathe the same air that Jesus breathed and Einstein breathed and even an old woman in China has just breathed a couple of weeks ago. The molecules are still in the air circulating and we are all literally sharing them." - Deepak Chopra</b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">W</span>ithin icy chambers of a cavernous womb<br />
The Goddess January prepares to give birth to another year's bounty<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Thirty one children</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">"S</span>tark and bare bones" is this brooding mare of a month<br />
Each of her births, as unyielding as she, the one who bore them <br />
Each is born ready to pare and taper<br />
Each is cold enough, and grim enough to reap and gather<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">With never so much as a flinch</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">M</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ortals save your tears, </span>pleas, and prayers<br />
These truncatus gatherers hear not<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Breathe! </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Fill your nostrils! </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Open your mouth and taste the air!</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It is what it is! </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">T</span>his Goddess will come, year after year, to every home and give birth on every door step.<br />
None will be spared her visit<br />
Not those who have made their sacrifices<br />
Not even those with hyssop branch and blood in basin<br />
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Better to open the door to the bare bones of winter<br />
Better to look Goddess January in the eyes<br />
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<br />Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-22127528733505572842013-12-13T03:30:00.001-08:002015-03-03T04:01:19.768-08:00Sister Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That I am safe</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though the winds of winter howl and cut</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though hungry animals within and without prowl and hunt</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though my hands, feet, and mind grow cold and numb</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though I willingly placed myself beyond the light of the sun </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That I am safe</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though thoughts that circle, whisper words unkind </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though winter tears blind</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Warm sister love kisses upon them </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Encourage me to see again</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And I know </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That I am safe</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Purify word and deed</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I will gather wheat</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They long to feed your hunger once again</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I shall rise in love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Like the tide to the moon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Sweeping up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Facing toward</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Releasing all that I am</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Into that sweet gravitational pull </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yes ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Rising in Love </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And high time I dare say</span><br />
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The giver of names<br />
She calls<br />
Your name is a prayer<br />
As from her lips it falls...<br />
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Let it touch you<br />
Nudge it back<br />
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Let it smell you<br />
Sniff back<br />
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Let it taste you<br />
Swallow it in return<br />
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Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-66540543320877259902013-10-07T17:06:00.001-07:002013-10-10T18:06:29.653-07:00One Step Further<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Of the many imbalances in this world</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">How many could be
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">The choosing to see differences in
others as simply ~ differences</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Not threats</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Not weaknesses</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Not less </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Not great </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Oh! And what if we went just one step
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">And chose to honor and have reverence for those others and their
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">And chose to celebrate their many facets and layers</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Their genes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Their language</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Their beliefs</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Their dreams</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">And what if, like nomads of days gone by, we were to be brave</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">And were to journey guided only by nature and stars in the Heavens above us </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">To places that can only be reached through their eyes, hearts, and lives ... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">... What if?</span></span></div>
Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-81192729689882912502013-09-27T01:56:00.000-07:002013-09-27T02:14:38.366-07:00Something Of Yours<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Come for a walk with me</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found something of yours today and I want to show you</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There! Do you see it?</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's right there</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The meaning and beauty of your life</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Written right there ...</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On every single blade of grass</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In amongst the roots of every tree</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the crispness of the ripening apple </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Floating on the notes of every bird's song</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the brilliance of the sun, the moon and every single star </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh my...Aren't you just so lovely </span></span></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Who's</span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The What's</span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Where's</span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Why's</span></span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of the overcoming of life's twists and turns</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of the ashes that stubbornly cling to shoes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">From fires that once recklessly burned</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The glorious story </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The whole story </span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">About the entity that is you</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of opportunities passed by</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of new doors found opened wide</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That led you to revelations hidden in sighs</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The beautiful story of a heart </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That shrank and expanded </span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beyond its normal size</span></b></i></span><br />
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<br />Catherine Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244244207725852648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530196533010257786.post-52803424461465950252013-09-10T19:01:00.000-07:002013-10-02T17:08:40.433-07:00Ankle Deep<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 21px;">Do you ever want to run?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Run hard?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 21px;">Breathing and panting yourself all over the space around you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As far as your breath can reach</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Claim it as your own</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your new found Kingdom</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes! YOUR KINGDOM</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oooh to be alone</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 21px;">Away from prying eyes </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Long since dead to genuine curiosity</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They will never crave to know who you are or what you love or desire </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Where is depth?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why remain in the shallows?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ankle deep living drowns</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Just as easily, I can feel my heart pounding in my chest</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;">Every pulsating beat threatens to claim</span></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: large;"> every molecule of air </span></b></div>
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<i><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div>
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<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
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<i><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;">And this heart of mine</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<i style="font-size: x-large;">Beyond walls</i></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="font-size: x-large;">Beyond limits</i></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I am never more vulnerable</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I am never more alive</b></span></span></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: large;"><b>On the edge of all this heaven</b></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>All that I am is penetrated </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: large;"><i>All that you are</i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: x-large;">Body and Soul</i></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: x-large;">Words and Silence</i></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>They all find their way </b></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>They open to me</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Swim in my blood</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lifting red tides coursing through my veins</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: large;"><i>Drowning in love</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="font-size: x-large;">Beyond walls</i></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="font-size: x-large;">Beyond limits</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: large;"><b>Oh the bliss </b></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>As hearts, bodies and souls dive</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Both are anointed</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lost in the depths of true communion</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i>
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<i style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: large;">Drenched and parted lips</span></i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: x-large;">Body and Soul</i></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: x-large;">Words and Silence</i></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: large;"><b>Oh my love</b></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How I love watching you</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: "garamond";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The rise and fall of your chest</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Even in sleep you pour yourself into me</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Immersed and entwined </span></div>
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<i style="font-size: x-large;">Beyond walls</i></div>
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<i style="font-size: x-large;">Beyond limits</i></div>
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