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Butterflies
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Universe; So What Have You Don for Me Lately?
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BUTTERFLIES

 

Dear Stomach,

When there is void
are you the only one
that keeps turning
and moving inside
me? 

When there isn't void
but hope
joy and laughter
do you stop? 

Or pretend to be unnoticed 

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CAFE HEARTE


Coffee or tea
Will you meet me

At the corner shop

So we can swap

Tales and insights

And turn on lights

That are burning

And yearning

For a glow

To go

And see

So you can be

Out of the dark

And mark

Opening of a heart

So true life can start.

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MEDITATION

 

what to do, say, think
where to go, where to be

And feel
 

how to unthink, not feel

how to see the thinking

with the thought of a thinker

with no thought? is no thought a thought of No Thought?

Mind Blank
only sees with inner eye

inner eye sees no thought

Mind Fooled of no thought

No Thought, No Mind, No Feeling!

unfold your legs, open your eyes
See, Think, Feel

get up; rethink the thought of no thought and No Mind

Think, think hard! can't remember the no mind!? write it down

nothing to say

Just Be, Feel the Now

until it's gone

to the thought of No Thought and No Mind

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SUGAR HIGH

 

oh, chocolate
how I love you

how my body

craves you

how I delight

rubbing my tongue against your sweetness

and melting ecstasy

then I grieve
when the wrapper

is empty

and wished the time

would last

a little longer....

so I reach for another
and eat

with guilt and shame

I now feel a buzz

and dolling senses

I space out

and decide to begin a new life

with inner joy ......

tomorrow!

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UNIVERSE; SO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY?

 

Come on metaphysics, vibrations and manifestations
Can you perform under pressure?

I'm open, ready and willing
So what affirmations do you still need?

I do sound reassured of what I want and need

I can't sound as if I "want"

I must affirm that I already have what I want.

Wanting resonates "to want"
Having resonates "to have."

I've done the procedure
Chanting every day

More than once.

I'm exasperated by the process
But I must be persistent

Or the Universe will misinterpret

My intentions and vibrations.

I must let go of the desire
Although it's burning inside me.

I see, it must only be a preference.

I'm cheating the Universe.

I'm told
I have everything I want

And need

This very moment.

So, I look
deeper

deeper

deeeeeep.

It's dark
I see nothing.

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UNSOLO

 

Know the place
follow the road

carry a map

ask directions.

Wandering

in the fog

and the dark

alone

is bitterly endless

and aimless.

Sit down
sleep a little

wake up at dawn

ask for guidance

draw a map.

Join a circle
share a story‑‑

listen.

Others may teach
new and old thoughts.

You'll hear answers

blanks will be filled.

Joining others
makes life

grow in the desert

through the sand and the

live the seeds of hope.

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