tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83675609827937846162023-07-17T21:54:12.755-07:00Beauty-&-Ecstasyec·sta·sy
[ek-stuh-see]
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rapturous delight.
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an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling.
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the frenzy of poetic inspiration.
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mental transport or rapture from the contemplation of divine things.Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-58453340383027330352016-12-18T16:20:00.002-08:002016-12-18T16:20:33.780-08:00A New Page"Hello.. it's me.. "<br />
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I've been on quite the journey the last two years...logged in here, and realized that my most recent post, was somewhere just before the start of this journey..<br />
Without too much explanation, or ado...I'm back, and ready to write again.<br />
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If anyone is out there, fresh poetry coming soon. :)<br />
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With Love,<br />
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JessJessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-40195022172424100302014-02-24T14:12:00.000-08:002014-02-24T17:38:01.809-08:00A Childhood StoryThinking of my dad today...<br />
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Seven years old..<br />
Barefoot, and wild haired,<br />
I ran through Alaska's mountain meadows..<br />
Picking blueberries..<br />
Hiding in fields of fire flowers..<br />
Chasing friends, and finding ancient treasures.<br />
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My own, my home..<br />
Imaginative spirit stretching at last..<br />
Our whole Earth began to seem like magic..<br />
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Wonder taking root, and music it's first breaths..<br />
Pretend, with reality holding blurred boundary lines..<br />
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My mother told me stories, every day..<br />
Sometimes, I sang my younger brothers to sleep..<br />
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My dad took me hunting, and exploring..<br />
Taught me how to ride a bike, on a glowing, rainy day.<br />
He showed me how to paint...<br />
Creating form, by balancing light with shadows.<br />
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I fell into rhythm, with sounds of growing trees.<br />
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Creating secret shelters,<br />
Outlines of forest cathedrals...<br />
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Childhood seems to last forever..<br />
There are so many treasured memories, in my book of true stories...<br />
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Tragedy built a slowly spiraled staircase, and we took the long way down..<br />
Ocean storms,and dangerous tides hit our shores,<br />
Devastating the vessel we set out in...<br />
Not all of us reached the other side.<br />
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Years pass by...<br />
Scars do fade away...though they leave a sacred etching.<br />
My eyes are focused, my heart still exploring..<br />
I walk, one step at a time...<br />
Soaked with rain..<br />
In love with our sky.<br />
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You are..<br />
My own, my home,<br />
Still...the whole Earth seems like magic.<br />
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Star-burst dawn, reaching out, from old and dusty shadows..</div>
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Sacred pages, dripping chapters of our true stories...a vibrantly swirling cloud of rainbow tears..</div>
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Our existence, a wild display of fireworks, reflecting over an incandescent ocean..</div>
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Freedom, echoing through this misty candle-lit universe..</div>
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Transcendent thoughts, weaving gently into baskets...</div>
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Holding safe, our revolutionary hearts..</div>
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Carried far away, dreaming breath into mystical reality..</div>
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Inviting, alluring as an invisible staircase.. </div>
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Feet catching perfect wings of sky, we jump..</div>
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Losing sight, of all we've left behind..</div>
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Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-23235793253820045112013-09-19T11:14:00.001-07:002013-09-19T12:36:28.021-07:00A Lover's RainThere is a piece that I wrote, about a week before the floods happened in Colorado...<br />
Before we knew that danger was coming, there was one night (maybe two) of perfect, beautiful, heart catching rain. . . . I walked in it. . . . laughed in it. . . recorded sounds of the (still innocently thundering) storm on my phone, to keep as a natural sleep melody . . . I sat on my front step, and breathed in, as much as possible, of that sweet, nostalgic rain smell. . . it reminded me of early childhood days in Alaska, and Oregon. . . . a scent that always tells me, that "everything is, and will be well". . . . .tells me I am loved, always. . . .<br />
Rain has always been, a deeply spiritual experience for me. . . . an anchoring place of romance. . . and of centering peace.<br />
-I had to write. . . .because I could so clearly feel the saturating goodness, and unwavering heart of our Creator, in the raindrops. . . . it carried me away.<br />
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Thunder rolls over Colorado..<br />
Deep sky echoing, through our sacred mountain land.<br />
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Rhythmic, sounds of downpour..<br />
Like a Lover, bringing my heart to rest.<br />
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I breathe fully inward..<br />
Melted by the sweet, saturating smell of rain...<br />
Mist..<br />
Homeward...<br />
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Falling asleep, between billowing folds,<br />
Of sky torn roaring..<br />
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Lightning is a bright, and lovely lullaby.<br />
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You're in me...</div>
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Painting..</div>
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Laughing...</div>
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Strategically Composing...</div>
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Making music breathe.</div>
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Joining inner unseen melodies..</div>
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Blood and life source mix..</div>
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blending our existence..</div>
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True..</div>
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You're in me...</div>
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Forever dancing on the inside..</div>
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Rhythm..</div>
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Delight...</div>
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making our home..</div>
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a sacred space..</div>
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garden, grown from graveyard ruins.</div>
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Alive..</div>
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creating our universe.</div>
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Spirits entwining..</div>
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Reunion..</div>
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You are in me.</div>
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Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-21316513597140096952013-03-19T12:01:00.001-07:002013-03-19T12:01:27.722-07:00Hidden Wine Closet-<br />
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For you,<br />
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Ancient Love,<br />
Wind of light's romancing...<br />
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Stretching me open,<br />
a cave within caverns..<br />
Secret gemstones,<br />
hidden wine closet.<br />
Garden who's paths twist,<br />
orchards, meadows, galaxies...<br />
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Poetry in your embrace<br />
a thousand words, you never had to,<br />
but still spoke.. <br />
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Rolling and tumbling,<br />
Rising from inside your ransom,<br />
shimmering shades of pleasure..<br />
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Can't tell our colors apart anymore..<br />
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Sometimes, when wind blows at midnight,<br />
I have to stop...and feel the earth move..<br />
Standing, in reverent wonder,<br />
as silence, and sound travel through me..<br />
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whispers of portals, laden with secrets in love.<br />
Starry sky, opening, in clear resounding tenderness..<br />
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calling to my deepest remembrance of mystery..<br />
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I can hear all the moments of your heart reaching mine...<br />
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The expanse of our emotion,<br />
is bigger than my recollection of life..<br />
I close my eyes...<br />
Floods of sunlight,<br />
shooting stars, and sandy shores, fly past my vision..<br />
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My heartbeat slower...<br />
encompassed by the warmth, of your energy in creation.<br />
-Haven't we always been?-<br />
This friendship, intimately woven,<br />
before my birth was thought of, in this realm.<br />
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Close my eyes once more,<br />
see a shoreline horizon within..<br />
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Oceans emerging from my chest,<br />
Barriers taken apart, spilling out,<br />
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toward a song we love to sing.<br />
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Our eyes meeting again..<br />
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We are, sunrise, and sunset...outside of time.<br />
I am, overwhelmingly, delightfully overtaken.<br />
You, the finality of love.<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I began this poem a few weeks ago, from a moment outside one night...it's about the forever space that we live in with Creator God...then it sat for awhile, untouched as an outline; when a friends' blog post inspired me to finish writing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">"We All Belong" (link below), by 'Back to Eden Group' reminded me to finish writing, when they asked the question:--- "Are you able to go back to Eden in the DNA of your memory bank and find your first recollection of life?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">-(Check out the rest of their blogs as well! Amazing, beautiful things are happening!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.b2egroup.net/belong-blog-1/">http://www.b2egroup.net/belong-blog-1/</a></span><br />
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Yellow scarf around my neck..<br />
Muddy boots, and happy heart.<br />
Something makes me want to ride horses.<br />
Stopping at every corner to take pictures.<br />
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Waking up my heart again.<br />
Found a trail that runs deep,<br />
through hills I've been waiting to explore.<br />
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I draw in new breath, Yours returning to my lungs.<br />
Heart beats quicker, remembering the pleasure of movement.<br />
I feel alive.<br />
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Light catches glow on living blades of grass,<br />
Golden pale, warming reflective surfaces,<br />
A sunlit cascade, hillside serenade..<br />
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Igniting every color in me.<br />
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Nature sings in cadence.<br />
I hear our quiet...hear You breathe.<br />
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Dirt rustles under my feet,<br />
telling of delight.<br />
These rocks hold mysteries<br />
older than my body, but not my soul.<br />
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Heaven's sound, in a chorus of pure mountain air...I'm listening.<br />
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Swaying pull of adventure,<br />
pleading always, for just a few more steps..<br />
I can't turn back until both our hearts are satisfied.<br />
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Your creation is poetry, waiting to be written.<br />
(I'm on a mission...to find it's treasure.)<br />
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This wild belongs to You.<br />
Land rolling in such intricate dimension..<br />
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Sky, bright as a Father's smile,<br />
reminding me to keep walking,<br />
past a voice that says:<br />
"Better go back. You'll only get lost".<br />
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There is freedom to explore,<br />
Lose sight of where we started.<br />
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I won't get lost with You..<br />
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Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-49357832089914277432013-01-28T01:31:00.000-08:002013-01-28T01:31:27.769-08:00Roses (Blank verse/10 syllables per line)(A writing exercise from poetry class -Blank verse/10 syllables per line)<br />
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Roses<br />
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It's petals are lovely like velvet crushed<br />
Deep red silken wonder of unfolding<br />
Crimson to the seer's touch like blood's breath<br />
Striking curiosity into love<br />
Wild, growing, perceiving earth within sky<br />
Thorns protect your naked form of beauty<br />
Softness hidden like sacred truth beheld<br />
Color so rich that sound is jealous<br />
Fabric full of life, contemplating stars<br />
Roots forge under soil forever alive.<br />
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- Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-21006874984965103312013-01-28T01:22:00.004-08:002013-01-28T01:22:49.889-08:00Dream SonnetSkyward views under moonlit canopies<br />
These innocent stars<br />
Their liquid vows shimmer<br />
It's so easy to fall asleep..<br />
Lullabies of amber glowing melodies<br />
Night sings to me<br />
In iridescent voices<br />
A chorus becomes my pillow and blanket<br />
Symphony, my warmth until sunrise.<br />
Wrapped in evening shades of dusk<br />
Traveling from twilight...<br />
Through waterfalls of midnight.<br />
Dreams knit together like lace..<br />
I won't be back til morning.<br />
<br />Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-90185258537802526622013-01-28T01:22:00.002-08:002013-01-28T01:36:01.116-08:00DreamsThis was another writing exercise from poetry class awhile back. -"Villanelle" format. We had to follow a specific line, rhyme, and alternating repeating verse pattern. Fun to stretch in a new way! -Some of the wording that had to rhyme in a "Vilanelle" felt a bit cheesy, but all for the sake of the exercise, haha. ---(My favorite feedback from this poem: "Wow, that made me not hung over for a second...")<br />
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Falling into dreams tonight<br />
I drift into other worlds<br />
Laughing as my heart takes flight<br />
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Swaying past senses and sight<br />
Dancing through foreign galaxies<br />
Falling into dreams tonight<br />
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Unknowing is peace, alright<br />
Swirling with new planets<br />
Laughing as my heart takes flight<br />
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Stars become my friends and light<br />
Clouds release their shape align<br />
Falling into dreams tonight<br />
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Journey to the other side<br />
Every step a mystery<br />
Laughing as my heart takes flight<br />
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We sleep in perfect harmony<br />
Living life in another reality<br />
Falling into dreams tonight<br />
Laughing as my heart takes flight.<br />
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<br />Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-74043851833377104412012-12-17T23:37:00.003-08:002012-12-17T23:37:48.117-08:00Lion<div style="text-align: center;">
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This poem is written in the first person context, of my own
connection with our Creator; but is meant to reflect the place in His
heart that each of us individually and especially hold...explore that
however you feel inspired.<br />
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A Lion walks with me..<br />
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His rich red devotion,<br />
Dripping, crimson..<br />
An anthem indestructible,<br />
Blood stained ballad..<br />
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Invitation to forever.<br />
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In awe<br />
of this truth<br />
that my heart,<br />
my voice,<br />
romance the 'I Am'..<br />
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I am Your delight,<br />
our desire moving Heaven..<br />
My laughter, Your dearest joy.<br />
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Breaker of every chain<br />
Name above all other names<br />
You choose me...without hesitation.<br />
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Constellations, pathways..<br />
Your thoughts, a handmade journal..<br />
each page written,<br />
to my deepest longing.<br />
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How You love,<br />
to be my everything...<br />
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Refusing to leave my side..<br />
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Irrevocable Lover..<br />
Cadence of Courage..<br />
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I know Your whisper well..<br />
Breathing secrets unimaginably lovely.<br />
Somehow I believe,<br />
that my eyes<br />
have overwhelmed You..<br />
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Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-38592843357028865122012-09-17T10:42:00.000-07:002012-09-17T10:42:41.056-07:00Written<div style="text-align: center;">
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Winding slowly through my veins<br />
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..words will come in time</div>
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for now, I have none...<br />
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Barriers collapsing,</div>
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they can't exist with you</div>
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Completely I belong.</div>
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cherished, I abide.<br />
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Name, carved into my heart</div>
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You are written,<br />
etched on my wrists..</div>
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a heartbeat long ago</div>
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Our blood merges into symphony</div>
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-Locked eyes burning unbroken-</div>
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Memories</div>
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for I remember...</div>
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(before you gave my air to breathing)</div>
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(How could there... -how could there be any other for me?)<br />
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Delighted space we create</div>
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encompassing, surrounding,<br />
bleeding into my core..<br />
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seeping through cracks,<br />
of dusty bricks I'd laid</div>
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to hide myself away<br />
from such a touch of utter knowing..<br />
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all of my secrets are told<br />
-you believe me-</div>
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standing like a revolution..</div>
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breaking down</div>
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There's nothing but to fall</div>
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-release-</div>
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surrender my immortal spirit.</div>
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Carry me over the threshold</div>
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across riverbanks,<br />
Ocean wild</div>
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Sinking slowly, entwining eternal..</div>
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-Breath unfolding a lifetime, </div>
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worlds within syllable-</div>
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Beholding The Sacred eyes of fire</div>
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-who would die for me- </div>
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-all over again-</div>
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I'm shaken by that certainty in your face..</div>
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undone<br />
by pure violence of your devotion.<br />
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-Eyes furious with love-</div>
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lips drenching me in forever's sound</div>
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every tone an instrument</div>
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-Let all of Heaven inside me worship-<br />
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Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-37606485378880187002012-08-14T14:47:00.000-07:002012-08-14T15:02:01.593-07:00Breath<div style="text-align: center;">
Breath...</div>
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..slipping into our secret place of rest..</div>
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Breathing in..</div>
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...breathing out...</div>
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Deeper</div>
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awakening spirit</div>
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walking through the mist of You</div>
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Face to face</div>
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our heartbeats collide</div>
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align</div>
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falling slowly </div>
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into eternal warmth</div>
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Forever whispers..</div>
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..softly we sing</div>
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our voices entwining</div>
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eyes melting eyes</div>
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fear has no place here..</div>
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Completely unknown, and completely familiar</div>
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..I hear You...</div>
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..I see You...</div>
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Pulling me forward</div>
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surrounding my senses</div>
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Experiencing all the movement and sound</div>
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of stillness...</div>
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..Stillness...</div>
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...deep breath...</div>
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.....Stillness....</div>
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Sinking into Love</div>
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It's beyond me,</div>
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around, and inside me</div>
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...I see You.....</div>
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Held in this place</div>
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of sublime union</div>
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I collapse into peace..</div>
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You're deeper than any ocean I could be</div>
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..My heart says "yes"..</div>
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spirit lingering between two worlds..</div>
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..Our sacred escape...</div>
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You found me.</div>
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I wrote this poem during a time of writing/voice activation at an Ecstatic Expression School!</div>
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<a href="http://www.ecstaticexpression.org/2012/08/10/ecstatic-expression-school-boulder-co/">http://www.ecstaticexpression.org/2012/08/10/ecstatic-expression-school-boulder-co/</a></div>
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Check out <a href="http://www.ecstaticexpression.org/">www.ecstaticexpression.org</a> -for original art pieces, poetry, and creative/entrepreneurial resources by Jimmy Canali at Ecstatic Expression Studios!</div>
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Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-24121347595421299232012-06-27T23:35:00.000-07:002012-06-27T23:35:15.413-07:00Deeper<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Deeper through the sky we travel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">each breath is a memory</span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">each heartbeat a soldier</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Purples and blues give way</span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">to yellows and oranges</span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">as we reach the line of horizon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Illusive as a secret pathway</span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">mysterious in it's simplicity</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">We just keep flying</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">keep laughing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">and know it exists</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">There's not a trail we can follow</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">There's no map to this place</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">but if you can dance, it will find you</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">If I can let myself be</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">find room to inhale and exhale</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">breathe deep</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Kiss the endless Love we all search for</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">look right into the eyes of this limitless Peace</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Let it come, already running</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">searching for us</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">before we ever realized our existance</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">before you felt your own soul move</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">before thought became so attached</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">and heart so detached.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Before childlike joy gave way to sorrow</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">and trust to a sea of disappointment</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">and adventures half traveled</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Maybe freedom looks like</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">'I let go and jump'</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">choosing this moment to never look back</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">To dance down the street, instead of walking</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Shout from my heart</span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">no more whispers or hiding</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Taste something reckless</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">something fearless</span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">something irrational</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">illogical</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">forever complete, and forever unfolding</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">to be caught by</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">be found by</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">lost in</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">saturated with</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">and delighted throughout</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">a Laughter that doesnt stop</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">a song that keeps singing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">a beauty unending</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">a journey to the unknown</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">an uncontainable ecstasy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">What if love</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">is love</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">is love</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">is really</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Love</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">-</span></div>Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-16029815830216991952012-05-25T12:16:00.000-07:002012-09-20T13:22:39.186-07:00Beautiful Oblivion<span style="font-size: large;">-</span><br />
This poem is a patchwork quilt of verses from different pieces of poetry that I've written over the years. -I've edited, cut, added, revised, and melded them into a new creation together. -It reflects parts of my journey, and some of my heartbeat toward the Lover/Creator. -Enjoy.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My spirit overflows, spilling out of me again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Your eyes are the mirror, the reflection of my deepest mystery</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You are blood in my veins </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">breath blowing through me</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Heartbeat that brings me to rest...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">There are no words </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the way You overwhelm my heart</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I love You like falling rain</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">like sun on my face, after a long cold winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I feel You through my skin</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You're like water in the air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes sudden..</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">always welcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm in love with the way You</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">walk through every room of my soul</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">looking with such tender affection </span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">on each window, corner, and detail...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">then there's Your Voice...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">crashing -moving -resounding as the ocean,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">embracing as the wind</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">constant as the seasons changing</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">every moment spent with You,</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">steals my heart away forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was shards of broken glass</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">a wild bloody mess</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">exquisite disaster of chaos </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">shattered soul</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">You picked up my pieces</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">created a mosaic of colors</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Put me back together </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with the beauty of an artists touch.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">brought me to breathing again</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">You paint the sky in my heart</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">then light it up with stars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Now I know that nothing is impossible</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">nothing is lost</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I can see the substance of hope</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">pouring from my chest, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">dripping off my fingers </span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">liquid gemstones</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">like water set aflame</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">comfort of a love, unchanging and wild.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">How lovely to believe, that our Spirits are forever entwined.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Spinning and twisting like leaves in a storm</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">All that you are, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all that I am</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Come together in the glow of a swirling amber light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I’m falling into You again. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">So catch me now, I'm running and flying.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: times, serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Drunk with love, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stained with the colors of bliss</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm lost in a beautiful oblivion.</span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-67343162736140586342012-05-04T16:58:00.000-07:002012-05-04T17:00:06.527-07:00Starlight Adventure-I wrote this a couple of months ago in Boulder, CO. -was on my way into an evening service at church; but got kidnapped into mystical adventure time with Holy Spirit. -The draw to come away with Him and explore was overwhelming; and His Spirit in the air was irresistible. -This poem was created in the moments of that experience.<br />
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There's something in the air tonight<br />
People are waiting for me inside<br />
..but my soul is drawn away<br />
I need to be outside<br />
to find that thing that I didn't even know I was looking for<br />
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I'm standing in an open field, under a clear night sky..<br />
As I walk through the grass, I'm moved by the need to explore<br />
captivated by the playful mystery that often whispers in my ear<br />
and pulls me into unknown adventures<br />
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As perfection would have it, there's a playground here<br />
I climb to the top of the jungle.gym, and stand up high<br />
embracing the surreal beauty of everything around me<br />
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There's a heavy breeze tonight<br />
I raise my arms, and dance in the Wind<br />
becoming slow and fluid as He moves me<br />
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My jacket swirls around me like a cape<br />
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I'm lost in pure delight and childlike wonder<br />
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..singing my love to the sky<br />
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Peace fills me, as I release our song over the earth..<br />
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The wind is so strong that I can almost lean against it<br />
-as it presses into me, like a kiss from the Divine breath<br />
-that seems to overwhelm -and all but blow me over<br />
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I sit down on the slide..<br />
The city is far away; but I can see it's lights glowing<br />
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The sky is so big, and the wind is so strong<br />
..the stars are looking right at me<br />
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I remember what it's like, to not be worried about anything<br />
To be stirred by deep desire<br />
to be fully alive<br />
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<br />Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-73573724899048587012012-03-09T18:46:00.000-08:002012-03-09T18:56:25.291-08:00Remember<br />
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I was a child when we met.<br />
We use to paint, and play, and run wild through the woods.<br />
I'd laugh as You chased me..<br />
We always found each other in secret places.<br />
You showed me the rainbow, and how to smell the rain.<br />
You taught me to dream, and to fly through the starry night sky.<br />
We rode imaginary horses everywhere..<br />
You whispered to my heart with flowers and seashells.<br />
I remember.<br />
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You were there through everything.<br />
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I remember when you pulled me from the waves.<br />
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When the nails went deep, through our hands clasped together.<br />
You looked straight into my eyes;<br />
as our two streams of blood, became one heart forever.<br />
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I remember standing in the ocean, as we exchanged eternal promise.<br />
Sunlight dripping from the water,<br />
captured in one endless breath of love.<br />
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Our heartbeats collide, and continually intertwine<br />
I cant imagine a moment, when Your Spirit wasn't in mine<br />
You never left me.<br />
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We are one breath, one desire, one story.<br />
Our song is one rhythm, singing a thousand different melodies.<br />
Standing gaze to steadfast gaze.<br />
One living pulse.<br />
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I remember.<br />
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Drawn in slowly<br />
I am kissed by the Wind<br />
as the sky awakes my heart.<br />
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I stand in stillness, while my spirit moves..<br />
flying and dancing through eternity.<br />
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I am One with Him forever<br />
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Thought fades to beauty,<br />
and memory to timeless love.<br />
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Let all of Heaven inside me worship!<br />
I am His, and He is mine.<br />
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My gaze wanders from star, to star..<br />
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I think of You,<br />
and You invade my heart..<br />
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I'm looking inside You,<br />
exploring Your eyes..<br />
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(Let all of Heaven inside me worship)<br />
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No moment is sweeter<br />
than to stop,<br />
and stare at You,<br />
with all the abandoned delight of my soul.<br />
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You whisper love to me in the ocean<br />
Your embrace finds me always with the rain<br />
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Breathing slows...<br />
I crave You, more than words, or feeling comprehend.<br />
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<br />Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-20632534185747049392011-10-11T23:06:00.000-07:002011-10-11T23:06:42.826-07:00Jesus<br />
I wrote this a long time ago...found it the other day, and got wrecked again..<br />
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It's from one of the most moving encounters of my life.<br />
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To prelude: -years ago, I'd written a poem about some of the pain, and healing process I was walking through at that time.<br />
Soon after, I was soaking one day, and had an encounter with Jesus, where He entered the words of the poetry Id written.<br />
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--He stood in front of me, in the rain...and just looked at me...<br />
He was laughing and crying at the same time, and just looking at me with the purest love. -Id never felt anything like that moment.<br />
-This poem was then inspired by that vision.<br />
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"Jesus"<br />
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Your hair is dripping wet,<br />
and Your eyes speak worlds of emotion<br />
of how much You love me<br />
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…and all I can see are Your eyes.<br />
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You’re laughing and crying,<br />
as in this moment,<br />
I’m living and dying<br />
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…and all I can see are Your eyes.<br />
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Your gentle, laughing eyes.<br />
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In a second, I knew how You love me.<br />
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Your tears are flowing<br />
as You laugh,<br />
and look at me, like a long-lost love.<br />
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Like a prodigal daughter, I gazed at my father;<br />
and then I saw<br />
Your eyes.<br />
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<br />Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-72081342590885264722011-10-03T09:52:00.000-07:002011-10-03T09:52:14.165-07:00Horizon<br />
The sky of my heart is ablaze with Your whisper,<br />
like northern lights, glowing on the horizon of my soul.<br />
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You've moved the ancient strings, in the long still core of me.<br />
Now all of my being is humming in rhythm,<br />
caught in the vibration of abiding.<br />
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The sweetest love, awakening to freedom, echoes the deep of my spirit's song.<br />
You're the melody within me, the motion in all of my colors. <br />
I tumble through aching and ecstasy with You. <br />
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Irrevocable, never ending Love,<br />
My strength, and my Courage.<br />
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Uncontrollable, beautiful God.<br />
We run like wild horses, and dance like moving trees.<br />
We speak our own tongue, together You and I,<br />
a language of rivers, and waterfalls.<br />
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Wind chases me like a playful child, as I'm captured into You.<br />
Moment after moment, You draw my soul away.<br />
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Tell me the story of starlight and galaxies.<br />
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(Desire of my heart)<br />
You are the treasure.<br />
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Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-62455082067642333232011-05-25T17:56:00.000-07:002011-05-25T17:58:57.215-07:00Rainstorm RomanceI'm swept up in the rainstorm<br />
captured by the sunset<br />
romanced by the whisper<br />
..the kisses of Your heart.<br />
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You chase my soul with beauty.<br />
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I'm amazed by the way<br />
You know me.<br />
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Undone by the way<br />
You love me.<br />
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In awe of the way<br />
You steal my wild heart.<br />
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You are my Freedom.<br />
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.Jessica Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627458718419035713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367560982793784616.post-34244248939338524022011-05-23T10:15:00.000-07:002011-05-25T21:57:33.038-07:00I am my Beloved'sRecently I was looking through my old poetry, and found this piece.<br />
It's from a chapter mark in my life: the point where I really chose Him, and came back to love.<br />
This was the beginning of beautiful.<br />
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<u>"I Am My Beloved's"</u><br />
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I was a city torn down<br />
but You've taught me how to laugh again.<br />
I was hiding in the corner<br />
but You said "Arise, for Your light has come."<br />
I was lost in winter<br />
my tears lay frozen on my lips<br />
but You brought me back to life<br />
You showed me how to love again.<br />
I was running, and desperate<br />
but You chased after me.<br />
Your love brought me home.<br />
Wreck me, ruin me, with the passion of Your heart.<br />
I think it's time I gave up this ghost.<br />
I crave the sweet jealousy<br />
of only Your affection.<br />
Even when it's hard to believe<br />
I still know,<br />
that You're making a masterpeice<br />
of me.<br />
I won't resist You anymore.<br />
I am ready to let go now.<br />
You draw the pain from me<br />
like poison from a wound.<br />
You silense the accuser<br />
who's mouth drips lies<br />
like venem.<br />
Through it all, I hear one voice:<br />
"It is finished."<br />
One day, a millenium.<br />
One moment, a promise.<br />
I am my Beloved's.<br />
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