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Christine Friend              Awake: A Poem

The truth that you can tell is not the Truth.

Truth is the intention of the universe,

Unfathomable, profound, interesting, terrifying,

irresistable, unavoidable, perfect.

Truth is the language of God,

Our work is to learn to speak in this language;

and live in the illuminating power of its light.

Awake

I am not my body, mind, heart or name

I am not my ears, eyes, nose or mouth

I am not my fears, hopes, dreams or desires

I am not a wife, daughter, mother or lover

I am not my work, my home, my car or my clothes

I have never been born and I shall never die

I am eternal - a light - flickering in the infinite winds of time

I am a sated insider immersed in purple

I am free - empty - AWAKE - resting in the wisdom of universal love.