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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for sharing these mystical poems.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Catherine</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">David Dunn via OE</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, August 26, 2022 1:45 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">ICA Dialogue Listserv</a>; <a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">Order Community Lists</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:dmdunn1@gmail.com">David Dunn</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Oe List ...] The miracle of becoming</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Two new, old poems.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>David</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt;font-stretch: normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Becoming</span></b></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>As I watched the stars fall from the sky, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I knew instantly that heaven was gone forever. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Before dawn, when it had become clear </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>that far is near and beyond is within, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I was embraced by a Holy Mystery </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the filled me with awe, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>took my breath away, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and opened the floodgates of my heart. </span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Now when I listen to the silence, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and look past the brilliance of the sun, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>trying to imagine before the beginning </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and beyond the edge of everything, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I am certain that the becoming </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>we were called to be before time began </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>will be fulfilled in us today.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt;font-stretch: normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Natural Miracles</span></b></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Our struggle to become ourselves is an act of creation.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Our engagement in life energizes human evolution.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Our care for one another expands the universe.</span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>It is a natural miracle that </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Being evokes tears of gratitude,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>silence offers a warm embrace</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and darkness invites us to music and dance.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>—<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=72 height=96 style='width:.75in;height:1.0in' id=F43341EC-A379-4E40-974E-B11AB346F84E src="cid:DAA4528C-742B-4D13-A6E0-FCF91959BC47"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br>"Mystery, possibility, and the power to choose"<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>David Dunn<br>740 S Alton Way 9B<br>Denver, CO 80247<br>720-314-5991<br><a href="mailto:dmdunn1@gmail.com">dmdunn1@gmail.com</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> 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