zen – Ancient Skies

Ripples on the Lake

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Ripples on the lake helping me to focus, on the wind

on the peace within, heart beating quietly

listening for

hoping for

the voice

of God.

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In our quiet places our strength will return,

and the words we so long for, our poetry

will live in us, so beautifully.

You are the river, the lake

and the ocean.

Blend, and touch the earth.

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Before the crickets and dragonflies appear, tender oak leaves

cover the forest

as they sway in the cool spring breeze, smelling of rain

a canopy

of gentle green

filtering the sun.