Unexpected Tears

Unexpected tears
Life will be what it will be
Sunlight and shadow

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Finding Purpose

Finding a purpose
Wandering throughout nature
Balm to worried mind

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Day of Solitude

Day of solitude
Outside gray clouds closing in
Heart filled with sunlight

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Thanksgiving

Gratitude meter
Forgive sorrow, honor hope
Day for Thanksgiving

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Fearful

Fearful of answers
Life with questions never asked
Snowstorm never came

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Keeping Promises

Keeping promises
Honoring selves and others
Blessings at days end

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Arrival

Making oneself known
Blowing in like gentle breeze
Perhaps a raging storm

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Momentous Events

Momentous events
Manifest by showing up
Sleeping beneath snow

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Surprises

Pathway to success
Plethora of surprises
Drinking in sunset

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Blast of Cold

Hearty blast of cold
Invigorating at first
Dream spring will come soon

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Finding Empathy

Finding empathy
Learning to listen and care
Truly seeing life

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BEING THERE

I am there for you
An empathetic response
Feel life energy

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To Be

Checking out of life
Find out what you are to be
Time turns stones to plants

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Layers

Peeling back layers
Unearth authenticity
All cycles at once

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Unraveling Life

Unraveling life
Watching warp and woof on loom
Weaving earth and sky

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Make Believe

Only make believe
Brain seeing reality
Off to catch the wind

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Fantastic

Rejoicing in fall
Fantastic swirling colors
Controlling chaos

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Memory's Ashes

Memory's ashes
Live lived in limitations
Trees awaiting spring

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Truth in Believing

Truth in believing
Expansion is possible
Clouds grow in beauty

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East of Yesterday

East of yesterday
Dreamed joys waiting fulfillment
Bare trees marking path

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True Strength

Defining true strength
Guarding aspen, stately pine
Symbiotic life

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