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Hiding Out

Posted on Jul 18th, 2007 by shirleytwofeathers : Artist shirleytwofeathers
And so I crawled out from under my rock today
and discovered this poem


A seed

Has sprouted beneath a golden leaf
In a dark forest.
This seed is seriously contemplating

Seriously wondering about
The moseying habits
Of the Elephant.

Why?

Because
In this lucid, wine-drenched tale
The Elephant is really --

God,

Who has
His big foot upon us,
Upon the golden leaf under which lies
This sprouting
Universe
Wherein

We are all a little concerned

And
Nervous.

-Hafiz

Then I got this in an email from my sister:


"Every once in a while, a woman will wake up with no ambition save for a wish to creep around quietly in her socks. And it must be a rule of the universe that this is a day when she will be required to go out into the world and act, interact, and be acted upon, in spite of - perhaps even because of - her extreme vulnerability. May I add then, this delicacy will be likely be expressed in a violence of temper over some inconsequential hurt, with feelings so raw as to be immediately exposed by virtue of the fact they are so terribly tender. Be kind then, to this raging woman, be she you or some other miserable creature - she is wide open and utterly naked, a state no man could imagine or endure."

~Grace Gibson
From the Diary of a Lady Beloved

If you are interested, I have several blogs:

The Prosperity Project
Question of the Day
Way Cool Quotes
Way Cool Pictures
Mandala Madness

and a website:
Green Dolphin Studio


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