It could take a tribe to find the way back to what you love. A day's wandering could become a season, then another. At times it may all signal chaos. But take heart. Sometimes there is intelligence even in the crumbling of things.
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I live in unfamiliar places: The unknowing of empty spaces Between what was and what is yet to be. It is the hardest earthly place for me To dwell within, pause, absolutely still. Knowing only God and love can fill The wanting, one drop at a time.
It's only through the heart's abiding That Wisdom might be found hiding In the shadows of such Sacred Pause. I offer up what was to mourn in empty spaces, Let go of worn embraces So what is yet to be May somehow birth in me.