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One Humbling

 

 

in seven days

the radish sprouts

push green through earth—

 

every job on my list today

seems quite easy

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It rhymes,

this light
that shines
in me
each time
I shed
the shuck
of self,

rhymes with
this light
in you

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Look what happens
given warmth
given light—

deep fields of shining bloom

and every moment
is
forever

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After we break
we learn there is always
more to break
and
O
the more
we break the more
our light radiates

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stepping
into the morning sun
oh and oh!
so sweet to be
reminded

my own light
so little
and not
even
mine

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It was dim
then
starless

who would guess
this was a gift

now whatever path
there is

is lit

by my own

light

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Even the tiniest
coldest
most distant
atoms
in the universe
release
light

my dear one
it is not
so dark

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This is the first in a series of 84-character poems on radiance, one of the 11 powers of the universe that Brian Swimme outlines in EnlightenNext. He writes, “In my view, the power of radiance is an expression of the mysterious way in which the universe cannot contain the magnificence it houses. Instead, it is compelled to express itself in ten million different ways.”

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And when ten thousand
million
of us realize
our souls rhyme
what will we do then
with our guns
our hands

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If a butterfly flutter in Brazil
can cause a Texas tornado
no wonder
I felt on the wind today
your hands

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last night’s snow
fills in the spaces
where we’ve been

so many emptinesses
in our wake

some never fill

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