[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] The miracle of becoming

[JAMES ADDINGTON]

Thank you, David, for two deftly crafted, poignant works! 
James Addington 

>     On 08/26/2022 12:44 PM David Dunn via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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>     Two new, old poems.
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>     David
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>     Becoming
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>     As I watched the stars fall from the sky, 
>     I knew instantly that heaven was gone forever. 
>     Before dawn, when it had become clear 
>     that far is near and beyond is within, 
>     I was embraced by a Holy Mystery 
>     the filled me with awe, 
>     took my breath away, 
>     and opened the floodgates of my heart. 
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>     Now when I listen to the silence, 
>     and look past the brilliance of the sun, 
>     trying to imagine before the beginning 
>     and beyond the edge of everything, 
>     I am certain that the becoming 
>     we were called to be before time began 
>     will be fulfilled in us today.
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>     Natural Miracles
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>     Our struggle to become ourselves is an act of creation.
>     Our engagement in life energizes human evolution.
>     Our care for one another expands the universe.
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>     It is a natural miracle that 
>     Being evokes tears of gratitude,
>     silence offers a warm embrace
>     and darkness invites us to music and dance.
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>     —
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>     "Mystery, possibility, and the power to choose"
> 
>     David Dunn
>     740 S Alton Way 9B
>     Denver, CO 80247
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