"Emergence" Sky Garden Prayer

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Universes of wonder surround us

…but we forget

we become so easily trapped- imprisoned

inside of the hours

that then become days….

we are haunted by spirits

that we never knew

and these ghosts lay claim

to each breath

and each dream….

…..we have all tasted that loss-

the trade of gold

rooted within us-

to somehow enter

the painted kingdom

with its imaginary tapestries and empty rooms

 the glittering costumes ,the beaded masks

always dissolving and falling away….

we are not made of illusion….

 we are made of stardust…..

and breath…

and bones…. 

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