"Les Maisons des Hommes"~The Houses of Men

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Les maisons des hommes

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An unusual wind 

stirs within the doorways

of the houses of men

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Swift and stealth

this wind opens

the prayers and songs

that can fill your mouth

with the taste of silence

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It is a freedom 

that paints this quiet sky

and the clouds that breathe 

between the planets

now watchfully unfurl

over the cities of ghosts

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And the walls that were once built

to contain our lives,

with structures that were agreed to

and conformed with

have now become a different geometry 

transforming,

 returning us to wind
and the opening earth

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Timeless and unbound
we enter sanctuary,
the unending wholeness of sky
  and remember
 our ancient houses of light
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Les maisons des hommes
va changer de forme,
 et devenir
une maison de lumiere ancestrale
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" Tenant la Racine du Ciel"~ Holding the Root of Heaven

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Nous tenons le ciel

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The spaces between us carry light

even inside of distance

we are joined

as we breathe one another

into the holy

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I cannot contain you

your beauty is your own

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I can only love you

and release you

as you journey

into mystery

and travel paths

that I do not know

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I whisper and weave
fragments of kindness

and the opening flowers

that bloom with light 

into the soul that holds you

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And the soul that you hold 

within yourself

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There is a liquid fire
within your mind
but I hold the sky
within my hands
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And with my hands
I will bring us back
to a holy root
of what is true
and beautiful
and strong
among us
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"Un Voyage sans Temp"~ A Journey without Time

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A journey without time

or any measured distance

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We are all reaching

inside of all directions

that speak or call

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What is essential

has always been

and always will be

love

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We enter sacrifice

and blessing

and kindness

that is shared

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We are learning

to reshape

what was once known

and no longer recognized

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We are learning to shape again

the light of stars

 and to speak the language of wind

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We do not know

if we will survive

and in turn

this question is shaping us

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Mercy is ancient

ask for it

and ask to be shown 

what is required

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I want to hold your hand

yet it is my imagination

that holds the memory

of your skin on mine

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We carry each others breath

inside of this world

and now

we must each remember

how to become

 a scent of light

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"L'Imagination Respire une Lumiere Sacree"~ The Imagination Breathes a Sacred Light

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The imagination breathes a sacred light

into our world

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I watch you

as your hands move through water

beautiful and precise

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I know you are carving

a holy shape

 while savoring each element

and saving its place in time

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We all inscribe our nature

into the beauty that we are allowed

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As horses run free

so do we

remember

remember me

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Our imaginations

can redefine

each moment or hour

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We must be willing to release

while also holding

the beauty 

and sorrows

of a time before

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Imagination

is like music 

and water

that moves  

beyond a given constraint
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A hidden breath
of sacred light

unveiling a deeper world

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"Les Kilometres de Ciel entre les Nuages"~ The Miles of Sky between Clouds

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The miles of sky between clouds

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How can our given skin

hold the immensity

 of this sorrow

within the gravity 

of fear

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That a darkness

is an explosion of stars

where we become water

inside of a dream

and return to the sea

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In the distance between clouds

we can drown and become mist

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The miles of sky 

unleashing imagination

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And no matter how far we travel

even to our own edge

we are all held captive

by the imprint of love

and the architecture 

that it shapes within us

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There are now unknown geometries

and with that we will learn 

uncertainty

and how to breathe under water

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There is a dark path

that opens into light

and we are asked to remember

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The sacred breath that is moving clouds

is a wind that moves within everything

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Breathe and sing

the prayer of this only sky

as it holds the generosity

of love.

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For my beloved goat charmer
may you be safe and well
always.
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"Une Priere Differente"~ A Different Prayer

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A Different Prayer

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There are different kinds of Light

opening 

inside of everything

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The slow unfurl

revealing

a holy architecture

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Geometry of bones and planets 

the lines of a wish

a linear dream

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Becoming angles of structure

the curving fluid

of our reach

toward God

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And the ancient movement 

of color

shaping oceans

within your eyes

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The hidden smile of earth

terrain of mountains, laughing

into the quiet songs

of desert

and the breathing sky

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Timeless

it is all of us

 and it is everything

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These are different prayers

of Light

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" Les Ancetres"~ Ancestors

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Ancestors

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Their songs

are still alive

within all of us

as we carry the colors 

of ancient lands

and their music

breathes

inside of our dreams

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There are trees in Africa

with roots in the underworld

that grow into the sky

we each carry seeds
of eternal trees and an endless hope

bedded within this earth

reaching always

toward the spheres
of heaven

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The guardians of life

watching over the world

timeless

and patient

the rhythm of wisdom

etched in each heartbeat

and each step taken

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They travel at our side

our ancestors

they live within us

and we are all

thousands of years 

born and dying

into the beauty

of everything

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