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rise blossom
through the sky
come falling petals


holding on
to being held
desiring surrender


covered in snow
freezing within
shivering aloneness


clouds wash
upon the shore
the sky swims
with mountains


heart anchored bridges
build up the spine
supporting canopies


branches fall
as a slipping squirrel
becomes distant traffic


longing heart
the pangs of life
waiting to be born


mystical sideways
proceeding backward
straightening as it bows


wild wonders whisper
that the lily dreams
of sprouting
in fallen sadness laid bare
where the peak
of a tumbling mountain
empties into fertile soil
and trusting fate
under winter’s spell
fissures into yearning


memory fragments
echo as dreams
blossom without light


passing clouds
cover the moon
in shades of
darkening brilliance


look out to see
inside yourself
look in to see the stars


holding hand
lets go to catch
what is ever falling


bounded puddles
coalesce as dew
forms globes
on clover patches


radical empathy
armed with compassion
aims through kindness


we are what it is
for nothingness is not
whatever its thought of as being


leaves float up
as they glide on the wind
ever destined to fall


clear spirit melts away
leaving only love