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CLOSE YOUR EYES & BREATHE IT IN

“Since when," he asked,

"Are the first line and last line of any poem

Where the poem begins and ends?”

 

― Seamus Heaney

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=azYK8I2uoog

TELL YOUR HEART TO BEAT AGAIN – DANNY GOKEY

 

"You and I are named as flowers. We may change outwardly with each season, but inside we remain the same and no-one can take that goodness from us" <3

 

The church bells tolled in the distance

across the meadows green and sweet

the stillness of the waters softened the echoes

of the Fieldfare's song so tranquil and replete

the bird on the wing is a magical thing

captures the light from the golden hour

purple hued moods and tips of blue

paint the sky and teasel flowers

bruised like ripened berries in Summer

scudding clouds that threaten thunder

answers flood the empty spaces

erasing question marks, I wonder

is this the meaning of life at last

immersed in nature; just being at one

journeying with no particular purpose

soaking in the setting Sun

captivated in this precious moment

the Fieldfare's cry transcends through time

the echo reaches my ears at last

I do not speak; I do not mime

but standing still and being me

listening, not thinking, is the key

for everything we need is here

within this moment; crystal clear

empty our minds, our hearts, our souls

immortal words will find us

once we are emptied of the old

the new and wondrous life can find us

I am ready so let it be

embrace the newly reborn me

leave the old and fragile past

live freely, love dearly until my last

so when the final breath breathes outward

the peace will be an infinite one

the footprint I leave may be a small one

but it will be felt deeply

like the waxing and waning of the Moon

and the rise and fall of the setting Sun.

 

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