leap year’s spirit…<\/p>\n
four more trips around the sun…
\nplus one extra day in worldly time…
\nbut the dawning-on beyond its clock…
\nbears a higher presence that’s here to find…<\/p>\n
outside the boundaries of earthly workings…
\nwhere minutes and hours can’t breathe on their own…
\nand landscapes won’t stretch any measuring tape…
\neternity’s realm accommodates mankind’s small home…<\/p>\n
like a ship on a sea that will shape its own destiny…
\nwith captains and quarters and supply orders to save…
\nit can brace itself well enough to stay afloat for a while…
\nbut to travel somewhere it’ll sail water and waves…<\/p>\n
or like a human who roams through its ties to infinity…
\nor a mortal who’s searching for more from this life…
\nthere’s a force to reach out to and tap into and meet…
\nand it’s here and it’s free and brings love so alive!…<\/p>\n
in ways full of innocence it awakens our beings…
\na consciousness far greater than anything self-made…
\ntotally loving and truthful and kind and aware…
\nit carries the wholesomeness that divinity relays…<\/p>\n
it’s a godsend that lives alongside our own mundane modes…
\nits strong bridges within us linking one to the other…
\ntheir crossings lay ready for distinct states of being…
\nbased on chance and fate’s exchanges and what substances life offers…<\/p>\n
prayer strengthens our kinship with the almighty’s presence…
\nan invitation to embrace through each heart… mind and soul…
\nthat attachment engages when clear sincerity prevails…
\nand opens up to convey and support and console…<\/p>\n
flashes of insight broaden earthling compassion…
\nwhen we realize our own humanness covers all others too…
\nthen status and skin tint and creed difference won’t mean much…
\nthey’re small manmade snapshots that don’t deserve fuller views…<\/p>\n
gifts from above bestowed upon us show their virtue…
\nthey’re those qualities we ourselves can’t merit any credit for…
\ncomplete love and truth and such traits that accompany it…
\ninspire faithful devotion and respect to stride forth…<\/p>\n
a bleak matter might later spark a blessing in disguise…
\nheartbreak may lead to truth’s lovingful grasp…
\npeaceful quiet could ease a head’s gridlock of chatter…
\nand flares of wisdom can stir some awareness that lasts…….<\/p>\n
‘so a young man first met with a new group of friends…
\nhe hoped that his looks wouldn’t leave a few feeling tense…
\nconsidering the skin he grew up in didn’t match their same tones…
\nbut that brotherhood knew better and welcomed every shade known!’…<\/p>\n
‘new public servants signed in to start work…
\nthey pledged to be fair for each region they served…
\na deceitful official tried to show them the ropes…
\n“no!”… cried good morals… “your pursuits kill our hope!”‘…<\/p>\n
‘when a loud-mouthed bully tried to hurt a girl’s self-esteem…
\na passer-by’s enlightenment stepped up and in-between…
\n“i used to be like you”… he claimed… “’til i finally came to see…
\nthat lowdown doings just go to prove how weak cheap strength can be!”‘…<\/p>\n
‘solid principles stood up amid most district men…
\n“we can’t support your foul plan!”… they said…
\n“its scheme gives greedy businesses more loopholes and gains!…
\nnow our ethics won’t let rich men sell the poor folks high-priced pain!”‘…<\/p>\n
‘the school president’s integrity quickly retorted…
\n“statistics are different than these you reported!…
\nyou strive to control our kids’ books and their minds!…
\nbut teaching shouldn’t let learnedness end up to be denied!”‘…<\/p>\n
‘a thoughtful man wondered about the future ahead…
\nand what would happen when his body dropped dead…
\n’til one day an experience arose out of nowhere…
\nencountering pure love and truth for his soul beyond here!’…….<\/p>\n
we’re blessed the almighty is of such love and truth!…
\nthat abides in this world where our souls still reside…
\nsacred features emerge to encourage our journeys…
\n“thank you so much for being!… our light!… and our guide!”…<\/p>\n
… <\/p>\n
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