Enlightenment

Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.
~ Marianne Williamson

Soul

Each flower is a soul opening out to nature.
~ Gerald De Nerval

Change

If we can change ourselves, we can change the world. We're not the victims of the world we see; we're the victims of the way we see the world. This is the essence of compassionate listening: seeing the person next to you as a part of yourself.
~ Dennis Kucinich

The other side

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come to the other side of my heart,
where love lights the flame-
it burns with heat and desire,
to claim the one that I am,
folding into love's arms-
we layer as one,
without resistance of,
the story of who I thought I was-
dousing the flame with fear.

come to the other side of my soul,
where the sky holds my prayers-
and the breath of life hums gently,
calling me home-
back to peace and compassion,
bringing light to my waking journey-
each step a new morning.

come to the other side of me,
I cross the gap between-
who I was, and is and will be,
I am woman hearing the echo-
of my breath I now live,
I see shadows dance upon my skin-
dark and light,
blending into each other-
as I twirl within the ashes,
of my rising.

come to the other side of life,
I see how far I have come-
I bend like a reed in the wind,
touching fire and water-
at the same time,
quenching my thirst, igniting me to live-
inspired to always find,
the other side of me.

Author Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg ©