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Libby's avatar

I was just thinking that it had been a little while since you posted, and now here I am crying over my coffee. So moving, such a beautiful piece.

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Christina Conklin's avatar

my poem in response to your poem...

xo Christy

Is there a difference

Is there a difference

Between gratitude

And happiness?

The sweet

Momentary

Pleasure

Of presence

With what is

The stillness

That abides

In a full heart

The skipping

Joy

Of a child

That draws

A smile

On my face

The easy flow

Of sensation

Of emotion

Through my veins

And cells

Without resistance

The space

Within

And around

That merges

And grows

To include

Everything

I sometimes try

In my brain

To figure

The distinctions

Between

These words

These concepts

But for now

Just now

I rest

In the blurry

Warm glow

Of being.

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Jayne Lammers's avatar

absolutely beautiful expression of gratitude, and such an important reminder to focus on this moment, the only one that matters.

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Caroline Knorr's avatar

I know that exact wind.

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