The light enters
a tiny pin prick to your soul
at first it is disturbing
because one becomes
accustomed to the dark
your eyes squint because the glare
ricochets off of internal thoughts
and you think to reach for dark glasses
But then slowly the light starts to shed
knowing…remembering
a magnificence that lives inside
Little by little
more is unveiled
and love is gathered
into one centralized space
until it is strong enough
to make a dent in the darkness
One by one
virtues are illuminated
and there is an inkling that what
lives inside is something very good
and you realize that you want
more of that
the warm gentle feeling of love
begins to spread internally
and it changes the landscape
of cold hard rocky places
In the beginning
like any beginning
there is a learning curve
and in the beginning
your urge is to use dynamite
to blast through the core
of the hard mountain
that exists in the middle
The first few attempts
cause more damage than good
and you realize
to use such destructive force
contradicts the power
So you get busy
with hammer and chisel
and some days the carving
is designed to take something out
and other days you concentrate
on what isn’t there
Merrily you sculpt from the inside
and before you know it
the light has gained the upper hand
there is more light than darkness
and what is revealed on the outside
begins to take shape as well
And every once in a while
you tap, tap, tap,
and a giant boulder releases its grip
and passes from the depths of your soul
and the light that is shown
has great magnitude
and the feeling caresses you
with the most gentle love
that could match the most powerful of blows
and you are euphoric
because you think this is what Heaven is
and you are willing to give up
anything you have
to stay in this energy
to continue to
feel this
But it slowly becomes normal
as your eyes adjust to the light
and there may be a twinge of regret
and the human mind will trick you
into believing that you’ve lost something
and an accompanying melancholy
may set in
And this is where
I urge you to realize
that there is no loss
and
there is no gain
What exists inside your soul
has always been
and will always be
Pure
Divine
Love
Blessitude
Lorrie <3
10/2/15
So well said. Here’s to the Light and Love in us all.
Ah…my dear friend, Dennis! Yes…the light and love exists in us all…it is shame not everyone realizes it. <3
Beautiful, beautiful poem and reminder to feed our light. Thank you my dear shiny one! 🙂
Dear, Brad! Thank you my friend! I am ever so grateful for the love and support you show me! <3
You are most welcome and deserving!
Oh, so so beautiful!! 😊💕😊💕😊💖
Thank you so much, sweet one!! <3 <3
Very beautiful!
Thank you!! I’m so happy you enjoyed this one. Hope you have a super duper weekend! <3
you too!
I love the idea of it ricocheting off internal thoughts. Good!
🙂 Thanks, Kim…it brings up a visual doesn’t it? Have a great weekend!
Beautiful! This lightened my soul. 🙂
Oh, Ms. Vee…that is a beautiful thing!! Thanks so much for telling me!! ♡
Yօʊ’ʀɛ ʋɛʀʏ աɛʟċօʍɛ Lօʀʀɨɛ! Haʋɛ a աօռɖɛʀʄʊʟ աɛɛҡɛռɖ. Bʟɛssɨռɢs aռɖ քɛaċɛ.✌
♡♡
Sculpt, carve and tap into love. Love it Lorrie! ❤️
Oh…thanks you so much, Val! I have always been amazed by sculptors who say they concentrate more on what is NOT there. Hope you have a super weekend ♡♡
Thank you
It is my pleasure!! Many blessings ♡
Beautiful Lorrie. You words are a heartfelt reminder.
Hi Karen…yes…they felt like a reminder to me too as they left my pencil 😉 Have a beautiful weekend! ♡
These words are wonderful Lorrie, and they evoke memories of my own experiences of (what I think is) the same. Revelation is a peculiar thing; it seems so earth-shatteringly important initially to the rational mind, and then becomes absorbed, or rather deposes the preeminence of the prosaic, thinking and self-centric mind. I believe you are right, and that before this can happen then a certain fear or reluctance must be overcome, and it is as if we would cling to the familiar, despite it not being what our better nature knows intuitively, and which we would otherwise consciously seek. Whether the leap happens by virtue of courage or some hidden factors, I really would not know, though in my own case, it certainly was not the former!
Much love to you Lorrie, and to your shiningly revealed being. H <3
Yes, Hariod!! 🙂 You understand my poem so completely and that makes me very happy! Some of this experience doesn’t make a whole lot of sense because it is hard to believe that once we know ‘this’ feeling and embark on a new way of life, that we could ever have fear and think in some strange way that maybe we should not forge on…but instead go back to old habits. This fractured thinking can at times get the best of me, and create much chaos so to create a smoke and mirror “look over here…don’t pay attention to that” illusion. I am forever grateful that there is a piece of my enlightened soul that is firmly cemented which allows me to realize that the struggle really is an illusion created by the ego.
Thank you for your beautiful soul and the footprints you leave here…and in my heart! I wish you much peace and joy! ♡
Precisely so dear Lorrie; the fearful and conditioned little self-entity continues to have its say, yet our total being need not listen too attentively. Distancing from the snare of thought is a long and gradual process indeed. All that matters is the direction of travel. H <3
Thanks, Hariod. I agree wholeheartedly, we must keep moving forward…and it seems ‘tortoise’ speed is just about right! 😉
Absolutely beautiful and genuine. I loved it all and was along with you all the way. There was one (of many) profound sentiments that really resonated with me and reminded me of where I often stumble:
as your eyes adjust to the light
and there may be a twinge of regret
and the human mind will trick you
into believing that you’ve lost something
and an accompanying melancholy
may set in
And this is where
I urge you to realize
that there is no loss
extremely wise words that I will remain connected to – yes, there is no loss, it’s all just change.
Connected,
Harlon
Dear…dear Harlon! Thank you my friend. ‘Birds of a feather’…it seems we flock together 😉
I’m so happy that you feel connected to these words…they flowed so freely from my pencil. Sometimes I don’t understand the melancholy at all…or the feeling of loss…because when I am in the pocket of feeling the energy from the Divine it is the most incredible, absolutely wonderful feeling I have ever felt!
I suppose it is years of wrong thinking and it takes time to erase the habit.
I send you lots of love and a giant hug…Blessitude!! <3
A beautiful and inspiring piece, Lorrie. You are mapping the unfolding petals of the inner life… I love the way we discover something for which we would give up anything. It is that moment of holy exchange– the discovery of what we truly want, for what we only thought we wanted. And you’re right it can feel like a loss initially, but if we are to remain at peace it helps to abide in that unchanging aspect of ourselves that we have discovered… A Course of Love describes the same thing with the phrase “no loss, only gain” as we give up what no longer matters to us, and gain all that has been given. But I think it is the same sentiment as you have offered here… It is truly beautiful to stabilize in the light…
Much Love
Michael
Ah! Michael…to stabilize in the light 🙂 Yes…it is a wonderful feeling. I love when you can relate something here to A course of Love…it warms my heart to know that the essence of my writings rings true to love 🙂
Thank you my friend. I am always washed with your beautiful energy and I appreciate our connection. Much love for a blessed week ♡
Thank you for this powerful message, full of vivid imagery and hope.
I’m so grateful that this message touched your heart, JoAnna 🙂 I hope all is well with you dear heart…have a lovely week ♡
Beautiful and powerful message, dear Lorrie. Your words shine a special kind of magic! 🙂
Ah…Noora! They come from a very pure place that I try hard to hold on to…and it falls through my fingertips…when I let go…and just BE with that place, these kind of words come out. Many blessings to you for a week filled with awe and gratefulness!! ♡
Thank you. Wishing love, light & inspiration to you, too!
What a post Lorrie. So beautiful and equal between he images and the words. Synchronicity at its best!
Laura…Thank you so much 🙂 It means a lot to hear that from you! Hope everything is super in your world!! ♡
You are so welcome. You are so talented!!
You are so sweet…thank you! And you know how much I love your work <3
You’re welcome. :))) And yeah I kinda got that impression. hehe
😉
Magnificent dear Lorrie, Yes we chisel away sculpturing, as we mould our outer-selves into the form we see ourselves to be.. Yet the core of our hearts, our strength, that light and love has always been within our Whole all along.. We just needed to break it a little to expose what was always underneath to begin with..
Your poetry is exquisite in its ability to bring home such a message in a way that holds such descriptive energy…
Your posts ooze pure divine LOVE <3 Lorrie..
Love and Blessings dear friend xxx Sue
Sue, you just brought such beautiful living energy to me…it stimulated my heart and immediately released tears…not of sorrow but of joy!! It is this feeling that is truth…it is this feeling that is at the center of what we all are…underneath…always possible because as you said it has always been there!!! Thank you my lovely friend in truth…your beauty shines from your soul…and I am so grateful~ Blessitude ♡♡♡
🙂 and you have just brought a lump to my own throat with your gracious reply xxx <3 love to you also my sister in Spirit xx
I love this post, Lorrie! Very powerful reminder of how we need to work with light for it to flow freely to the core, illuminate us and let us see the love that is always there. Beautiful!
I’m so happy you feel it Tiny!! It is amazing how many years I was not in touch with this powerful energy. Once known…we can not un-know it!! Blessitude ♡
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Lorrie, I LOVE and ADORE this poem. You are such a sage and I can relate all too well to wanted to blast that dynamite. Be well beautiful soul.
Ah! Thank you for your beautiful support, Lisa! Yes…the dynamite. It amazes me how the harder we ‘try’ to grasp it the harder it is to feel. Learning the soft allowing approach seems counterintuitive, but so far ‘feels’ so much better. Thanks my dear friend ♡
Go forth gently is a message that has benching through loudly for me of late. I am more of a dynamite style I must admit, so I am putting one foot in front of the other a little more slowly and with a whole lot more compassion. I feel and see the wisdom, but it sure ain’t easy!!!! Hugs and love to you sweet Lorrie
I love that you wrote “feel and see the wisdom” as the ‘feeling’ part has been so profound for me lately…it is like a knowing clear down to my cellular level! And I have always thought hard and fast was better than slow and s5eady…but I am either ‘growing’ or just growing older 😉 Hope the upcoming weekend is fantastic ♡
Beautifully said, Lorrie!!
Thanks my friend! I’m so grateful for your beautiful friendship and support! Blessitude 🙂
And for yours….thank you!
You have changed my landscape this cold morning dear Lorrie …I am so grateful to know you …love , megxxx
Ah! And you know that I feel the same, Meg!! And I’m sorry it’s cold!! 😉
Loved this!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it! 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend ♡
Such beautiful description and wondrous thought, Lorrie! I missed this one back when you first wrote it. Oh well, I found it and love it!
Steve
Thanks Steve! Have a beautiful weekend! 🙂
Hey, you have a super weekend yourself!
🙂
very encouraging. vw
Thank you!! I’m so happy you resonate with this 🙂 Hope all is well in your world!
Thanks LB.