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The Veil Is Thin Tonight

Posted on April 2, 2014April 4, 2014 by Michael Rose
  The veil Between heaven And earth Is thin  Tonight And You My sweet Love Are most alluring Evasively intoxicating Stretched out Upon the horizon In rapturous  Beguiling beauty Gossamer garments Garland Your skin A shimmering tapestry Of timeless, translucent Transcendence Refracting Your radiance Pure light! The reckless raging Maelstrom of Your Love Bursting Into…
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Growing Up :: Life

Posted on August 28, 2012December 12, 2016 by Michael Rose
I am cultivating silence in my life. It is not about eliminating the noise of life but becoming quiet in my mind and in my heart. I am cultivating rest in my life. Not inactivity but an interior stillness amidst everyday life which displaces driven-ness. I am cultivating weakness in my life. Being honest and…
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$3 Worth of God Please

Posted on June 19, 2012February 10, 2017 by Michael Rose
I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of God to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant….
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Poetry as a Prayer Catalyst

Posted on March 8, 2012July 1, 2017 by Michael Rose
Have you ever seen those frustrating pictures?  You know the ones. The kind that if you stare at them long enough and hard enough, from the right angle and you will see a hidden image?  I always find these frustrating because naturally, I tend to take things at face value but if I’m not careful,…
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The Cobled Path to Peace

Posted on December 2, 2011December 4, 2022 by Michael Rose
World peace is a journey That begins with a single, faltering stepUpon the cobbled path of inner peace. Inner peace is theperfection of inner healing.Inner healing is the fruit of acceptance.Acceptance is the tree of lifeThat springs forth from Love.Love is the seed.Christ is the Seed. God is Love. God loves us…All. All of us….
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