I.n E.ssence
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
We act in ways not easily explained
Falling in and out of love…
like occasional rains
Processes in life
chance interactions may provide
Our placement
in the heart of minds
Where our will
coincides with others, so inclined
Which comes
remembering kindness shared
Emotions of our consciousness
in natural flow
By gravity as it presents itself
implanted By love’s kisses
in echoes of loving tenderness
Which reverberate within in our souls
Shared energies sent with an impetus
Which may exist in our lives…
in a ripple, a wish
An overflowing
cornucopia of compassion
Streaming from
the Creators gift
As oceans of our devotions
pour together
Merge and converge,
interactions of our attraction
to one another
recreate effervescence,
with a warmth and radiant glow
in times like this
Tides which flow
between our minds and hearts
As dreams charge
and regenerate the light of love
What most brings
calm and reassuring rhythms
to our souls
as the shadows of things
which bring us pain
and sadness fall ...
in waves breaking on shores
of all we know And love…
the gift given in passing returns,
back to source
growing just as we find all things
of love in time
must come and go
as we live, we come to know.
As we learn
to ease the suffering.
To erase
from the active pathways
of our minds…
The pain of its time
of passing
On beyond this world
from one dimension to the next
As we further explore places
where further traces
Of repeated patterns of mistakes
reside in force,
Leave us with bad tastes
where we’ve been burned
Where we must atone.
At least make distant
In some way/overcome
the inclination to return
By renewed sense
of what danger there is
As we continue
to work our way through time
No longer blinded by errors
Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust…
Till Glory comes.
To find a garden of peace
in a place of trust.
A new freedom
to live and love…
To raise a family
to continue
A prelude to love
C2
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Written on 2020
Submitted by Charles2 on August 21, 2023
Modified by Charles2 on September 15, 2023
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