.
.
While wrapped
In winter’s
Cocoons,
Do butterflies
Mourn for a
Childhood
Of one summer?
.
Do butterflies
Dream of chance
Encounters,
Of true love,
And flights
In future
Spring zephyrs?
.
Do Butterflies
Wish for
Strength?
Do they
Strive to
Control
Each orther
And to predict
The changing
Weather?
.
Where do
Butterflies
Take shelter
During howling
Wild storms?
Do they pray,
Crying,
“Oh save me
Save me” ?
.
Must butterflies
Make obeisance
And offer
Prayers of
Gratitude when
Flowers bloom
And sun
Sparkles on
Morning dew?
.
Do butterflies
Weep, offering
Sacrifice, while
Waiting for
The final dawn?
.
Is the Creator
Pleased with
The beauty
Of butterflies?
Do butterflies
Worry and preen,
Attempting
To be different
And more
Acceptable,
More holy,
More righteous
Than they are?
.
Do butterflies
Wail, asking
Forgiveness
For having
Been created?
.
.
Bear … 01.17.2015
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Love it! Thank you
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You are welcome. Thank you.
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Thank you for the “shout out” ❤
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Very nice, has elements of a koan. ♥
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Glad you like such questions. ❤
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I’ve read the book of Jeremiah in the bible several times and after I understood the language of it, it really made me laugh. One day he would be all like,” God is awesome and he created everything! ” Then the next day he would be all like, “I curse the day my mother birthed me.” At the end when he was sitting in prison and the Babylonians were coming overy the wall to take Israel captive he basically said, “I understand what you are doing, God, but I think it’s stupid!”
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Prophets have a hard time of it …
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I know. I have two very important ones to constantly love with all my heart. 🙂
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That is even MORE difficult …
Such love requires second sight, faith, courage, and being aware of open to the infinite well, the Water of Life … as well as all the everyday ordinary time and energy consuming stuff.
Dear Lisa of the ⭐ Light.
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Thankfully, I have help. 😉
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Thank you for some beautiful questions Bear! here are some answers.
They do not weep they do not preen
They do not beg for rescue from a God unseen.
They neither look back or forward they live
In that glorious now! Taking, using all life has to give.
They grow in beauty each incarnation
For they are blessed and a loved part of God’s creation.
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You are equally beautiful, too. ❤ ❤ Your poetry grows within you as wings in a cocoon. When the time is right, out pours great beauty from your mind and heart. ❤ ❤
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Thank you Bear you are too kind. Remember it is often your poetry that gives my poetry a nudge! 😉 ❤
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Why thank you XXXXX
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>l<
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⭐ ❤ ⭐
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