Can’t Understand It But

God turns you from one feeling to another

and teaches by means of opposites,

so that you will have two wings to fly,

not one.

–Rumi

I am stone and I am river.

I am here and I am gone.

I am the apple and the hunger.

I am lost and I am found.

I am harlot and the pure one.

I am chosen. I’m tossed out.

I am mystery and revelation.

I am certainty and doubt.

I’m the one you love,

you hate me, too,

I am leaf and the space

where the leaf once was.

I am thief and I restore things.

I am the anchor and the wave.

And I am the song, the song

that stays in your mind

long after you’ve told it to leave.

And I am the silence, the silence

you welcome and the silence you fill

with anything, anything

just to keep the silence away.

I am not myself.

I am more you than I am me.

And we, we are flying,

we are flying, love,

we are the sky, we are the wings.

 - Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer,   http://www.wordwoman.com/about/about%20rosemerry.htm

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Your True Nature

Perhaps,

For just one minute out of the day,

It may be of value to torture yourself

With thoughts like,

“I should be doing a hell of a lot

More with my life than I am –

Cause I’m so damn talented.”

But remember,

For just one minute out of the day.

With all the rest of your time,

It would be best to try

Looking upon your self

more as God does.

For he knows your true royal nature.

God is never confused

And can see only himself in you.

My dear,

Venus just leaned down and asked me

To tell you a secret, to confess

She’s just a mirror who has been stealing

Your light and music for centuries.