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the space residing
between

(is God)

any thought,

(is God)

emotion

(is God)

or feeling,

(is God;)

and a prayer

the Silver Lining
between

our reservations

(is God)

and our faith.

:::

tend to the tender.

happen to the unhappy.

reach to the unreachable.

(for they do not know

their tenderness,

their unhappiness,

and their isolation

are the most welcome invitations.)

:::

once again,

you will be able to walk into a room

and on your arrival,

others will notice your revival.

they will ask, how?

to which you will look back

at the front door and say,

"because i chose, with no invitation,

to arrive at the house of my fears."

~

in order to revive,

one must first arrive.

:::

no anchor can be thrown
into the ocean without a rope to pull it up;

burdened on the bottom of the sea floor
from our own weight,

a line links us to a source
whose power can carry us

back to the surface;

all we must do,
when our spines scrape the rocks below,

is remember the rope.
simply, remember the rope.

~

"did i drown?
or do i lie in the depths
of the tears of my own relief?"

"rope, i remember you."