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Sacred Pauses

26 Tuesday Feb 2013

Posted by mark lloyd richardson in Poems

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boldness, breathe, gratitude, love, Sacred quality of life, spiritual practice, spirituality, wonder

deep purpleSometimes
When I turn the volume down
I hear the earth breathe –

An unmistakable longing
Reverberating from deep in the center of being
Its source unbound from all the limits we know –

And in the twinkling of an eye
I am overcome with gratitude
For the pure boldness of such love.

Words (c) 2013 Mark Lloyd Richardson
Photo (c) 2013 Dallis Day Richardson

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