<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Thank you, David, for sharing these poems. Lots to ponder, reading them multiple times and continuing to meditate on them...</span>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Ellie :)</div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;">elliestokc@aol.com <br>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black"><font size="2">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: David Dunn via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
To: ICA Dialogue Listserv <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>; Order Community Lists <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
Cc: David Dunn <dmdunn1@gmail.com><br>
Sent: Fri, Aug 26, 2022 2:44 pm<br>
Subject: [Dialogue] The miracle of becoming<br>
<br>
<div id="yiv9516026304">
<div><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">Two new, old poems.</font>
<div class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></font></div>
<div class="yiv9516026304">
<div class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">David</font></div>
<div class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></font></div>
<div class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></font></div>
<div class="yiv9516026304">
<div style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><b class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">Becoming</font></b></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">As I watched the stars fall from the sky, </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">I knew instantly that heaven was gone forever. </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">Before dawn, when it had become clear </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">that far is near and beyond is within, </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">I was embraced by a Holy Mystery </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">the filled me with awe, </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">took my breath away, </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">and opened the floodgates of my heart. </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">Now when I listen to the silence, </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">and look past the brilliance of the sun, </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">trying to imagine before the beginning </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">and beyond the edge of everything, </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">I am certain that the becoming </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">we were called to be before time began </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">will be fulfilled in us today.</font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></font></div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><b class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">Natural Miracles</font></b></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">Our struggle to become ourselves is an act of creation.</font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">Our engagement in life energizes human evolution.</font></div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">Our care for one another expands the universe.</font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">It is a natural miracle that </font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">Being evokes tears of gratitude,</font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">silence offers a warm embrace</font></div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304">and darkness invites us to music and dance.</font></div>
<div class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></font></div>
<div class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></font></div>
<div class="yiv9516026304"><font size="2" class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></font></div>
<div class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></div>
<div class="yiv9516026304">
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline !important;" class="yiv9516026304">—</span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;" class="yiv9516026304"><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;" class="yiv9516026304"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;"><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;"><span><span><img id="yiv9516026304F43341EC-A379-4E40-974E-B11AB346F84E" src="cid:mKf2DMyoNDm1pMWv3w2G" yahoo_partid="1.2.2" class="yiv9516026304"></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:normal;"><span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" class="yiv9516026304"><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" class="yiv9516026304"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;" class="yiv9516026304">"Mystery, possibility, and the power to choose"</span></span></span>
<div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;font-family:Arial;"><span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" class="yiv9516026304"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;" class="yiv9516026304">David Dunn</span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" class="yiv9516026304"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;" class="yiv9516026304">740 S Alton Way 9B</span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" class="yiv9516026304"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;" class="yiv9516026304">Denver, CO 80247</span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" class="yiv9516026304"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;" class="yiv9516026304">720-314-5991</span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" class="yiv9516026304"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;" class="yiv9516026304"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:dmdunn1@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:dmdunn1@gmail.com" class="yiv9516026304">dmdunn1@gmail.com</a></span></span></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;font-family:Arial;"><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;" class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></span></span></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9516026304"><br class="yiv9516026304"></div>
<br class="yiv9516026304Apple-interchange-newline">
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<br class="yiv9516026304"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
_______________________________________________<br>
Dialogue mailing list<br>
<a ymailto="mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net</a><br>
</font></div>
</div>