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Sunday 8 November 2009

Bodh Gaya


Everything is Everything

The circle opens
and closes

And in the centre
Grace.






Yesterday the Leaf arrived


Long journeys
swam past my eyes
The Leaf floated
down
and settled
in the centre of my palm.


I was not seeking you
Beloved
Not calling out your name
And yet you arrived
with the three-quarter moon
bearing a leaf in your palm -
your gift
for Shaista


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17 comments:

  1. RNSANE8 November 2009 at 03:47

    Oh, Shaista, this is incredibly beautiful. A warm embrace for you!

    Carmen

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  2. Jeanne-ming Brantingham8 November 2009 at 04:46

    shivers...goosebumps....moved

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  3. Lisa8 November 2009 at 10:20

    Mesmerising.

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  4. Tess Kincaid8 November 2009 at 12:09

    Thank you for the beautiful start to my Sunday morning, Shaista. ~x

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  5. Stacey J. Warner8 November 2009 at 15:56

    You are so wonderfully talented. Someday you must be published.

    Sending loving warm energy.

    much love

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  6. A Cuban In London8 November 2009 at 17:35

    'And yet you arrived
    with the three-quarter moon
    bearing a leaf in your palm -
    a gift'

    You have a way of ending poems that is hard to equal. I loved this one, it touched me inside very deeply. Many thanks.

    Greetings from London.

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  7. Maggie May8 November 2009 at 18:30

    Absolutely real.

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  8. Renee8 November 2009 at 19:19

    Dear Shaista beautiful.

    I know dear one, but lets hope death does not come for a very long time, yes it is around us, but it doesn't mean it is for us.

    Love Renee xoxo

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  9. Jeanie8 November 2009 at 20:06

    Hello, Shiasta,

    Thank you so much for visiting The Marmelade Gypsy. I believe it was Ruth who posted your poem about "yes" which so inspires me. I suspect my chronic medical issues aren't so siginificant as yours, but I'm still getting a handle on them. Reading through your blog and remembering your poem reminds me how to live and live well regardless.

    On a Michigan day where it is unseasonably warm and uncharacteristically sunny, this poem about the gift is more eloquent and meaningful than you can imagine.

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  10. Unknown8 November 2009 at 23:50

    Lovely words. feelings so warm and tender.

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  11. Marcheline9 November 2009 at 13:49

    Hey,

    Visited your blog for the first time today. Cool pic of Thich Nhat Hanh... I got my Zen monk hubby some of his CDs as a gift last year.

    If you want to get out of your skin and wander around in mine sometime, come on by Mental Meatloaf. It's mostly a goof, but sometimes a little insanity is good medicine.

    Cheers,
    M

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  12. Muznah9 November 2009 at 14:34

    '...a leaf in you palm...' :)

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  13. TheBeautyFile10 November 2009 at 00:43

    Amazing! You're beautiful! Inside and out!

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  14. Jeanne-ming Brantingham10 November 2009 at 23:03

    Dear One, Thank you for the message left on Wu Fung Road and I read the one on Maia's. I would gladly fill all your walls.

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  15. Maia11 November 2009 at 18:39

    So beautiful.

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  16. Isabel11 November 2009 at 19:50

    "and in the center...Grace"

    Beautiful!

    (still smiling at you returning to the beginning of the Guernsey Literary pretending it was new...something I am known to have done a "few" times...)

    xox

    Isabel

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  17. TheChicGeek13 November 2009 at 02:37

    I love this! Beautiful and complete synchronicity. Love, love, love :)
    Thank you!
    Hugs :)
    Kelly

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