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STILLNESS
I WALKED SLOWLY TO THE RIVER SIDE
SITTING DOWN UPON THE SOFT GRASS
I GAZED DOWN INTO THE DEEP AND STILL WATERS OF THE RIVER REFLECTING THE CLOUDS AND SKY LIKE A HUGE MIRROR
SPIRITUAL SERENITY SEEMED TO
WRAP ITS CLOAK AROUND ME
THE SILENCE WAS OCCASIONALLY
BROKEN BY THE SOUND OF HONEY BEES
VISITING THE VIBRANTLY COLOURED
FLOWERS IN SEARCH OF POLLEN
RAINBOW COLOURED DRAGONFLYS
HOVERED AND DARTED ACROSS THE FACE
OF THE WATER IN AN ARIEL DISPLAY OF
JOY TO WATCH AND BEHOLD
THE LEAVES ON THE TREES TORMENTED
BY THE PLAYFUL BREEZE SWIRLED AND
SWAYED, RUSTLING IN ECSTASY TO THE SUNRAYS WARM GOLDEN TOUCH
THE GENTLE SWAYING OF THE REEDS
SET THE SCENE FOR THE SWANS TO APPEAR THEY GLIDED GRACEFULLY AS BALLERINAS NECKS AND WINGS OUT STRETCHED RISING OUT OF THE WATER LIKE PRIMA DONNAS DANCING TO THE SONG OF THE BIRDS
THEY GAVE A FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE
OF ELEGANT BEAUTY AND GRACE
A TEAR ROLLED DOWN MY CHEEK
FOR I WAS ALONE NO ONE TO SHARE THIS MOMENT OF JOY AND AWARENESS WITH ME
THE DARKNESS IS LIFTED FROM MY EYES
THE MISTS DISAPPEAR FROM MY MIND
THIS AWARENESS IS SO ACUTE THAT
I CAN FEEL THE GRAINS OF DUST THAT
SETTLE TINGLING ON MY SKIN
THE SENSITIVITY IS EXCITING TO BEHOLD
MY BRAIN DECODES THE SOUNDS I HEAR
EACH ONE SINGLED OUT HAS ITS OWN SPIRITUAL REFRAIN THESE SPIRITUAL SOUNDS ARE GIVEN TO ME EACH WITH ITS OWN COLOUR IN THE SHAPE OF A TREE
ON THIS NEW LEVEL OF AWARENESS
I AM SET FREE LIGHTER THAN AIR
TO DANCE AND FLOAT LIGHT AS A FEATHER ON THE EVENING BREEZE CAREFREE AND LOST, TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS
TO ALL THAT SURROUNDED ME
THESE MEMORIES I WILL CHERISH FOREVER
FOR THE TIME AS COME WHEN I KNOW I
MUST RETURN TO THE REAL WORLD
R. F. HORTON
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