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Something Different
I’ve got some things I’ve written that very few people have seen. Why not share them here? Something to break up my memoirish recounting of my experiences over the last few years. Hopefully you enjoy these little excursions.
Rise Without Standing
And then I was there,
and I was in it
and it was all around me.
It didn't come on like a lightning strike -
there was no violent crash,
jarring and jostling me without warning.
In point of fact,
it was like walking casually through a park
on a late spring day
when suddenly you happen upon
a horde of butterflies flitting around your head.
Each one takes a turn alighting on you
and lifting off,
leaving no sensation of ever being there,
but filling you with such awe
at the overwhelming beauty and vulnerability of their existence.
And standing there,
tears welling in your eyes
as this deep inner warmth radiates out from your very core,
you realize you can never go back
to who you were five minutes ago.
That poor sad soul
who…
