Posted in Poetry 2000 - 2009, tagged enlightenment, evolution, giant, Love, mountain, poem, Poetry, spirituality, strength on November 10, 2017| 38 Comments »
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It comes in darkness
like a gentle giant
no trumpets or glare
just strong arms
that lift you
above the sharp slopes
to the top
of the mountain
you’ve climbed for so long.
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You throw off your pack
and the valley widens
into a smile
and the sun spreads
like butter
on loaves of eternity
and you finally see
that it’s you, love –
you are the giant.
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© 2000, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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(originally posted in 2012, now revised)
Posted in Poetry 1970's, tagged election, justice, Love, perseverance, poem, Poetry, politics, spirituality, strength, truth, wisdom on November 16, 2016| 11 Comments »
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(Originally from 1976 – revised)
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We can’t be held down,
we’re a ball bouncing back,
an unsinkable raft,
a bowl that won’t crack.
We can never be slain,
our core’s made of steel,
wherever we’re punctured
we readily heal.
Trample on us
and we’ll spring back to life,
we cut to the truth
like an ever-sharp knife.
We’re a magical candle
that never stops burning,
a wise inner child
who never stops learning.
Knock on our window’s
unbreakable glass,
mow us down, we’ll grow back
like invincible grass.
Light as a bubble
we can’t be detained,
we’ll rise towards the light
and ever remain.
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© 1976, 2016 Betty Hayes Albright
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(Someday wisdom, love and truth will prevail. Never give up!)
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Posted in Deep Water, Poetry 2010 - present, tagged Deep Water, eternity, integrity, Love, passion, poem, Poetry, shaman, strength, truth on August 3, 2014| 7 Comments »
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Oh Shaman man,
you knew every fold
hidden in the riddling
curtain of truth.
You saw the bare
bones of motive,
the underpinnings
of facade.
You were strength and power
but you also knew tenderness,
the sweet kiss
on the cheek of a lover
slumbering in your bed.
But alas, you also knew
when to go.
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Oh Shaman man
do not doubt another season,
a time not jaded
by an overdose of obstacle.
For when we touch
again, we’ll have
a thousand years to spare.
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© 2014, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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