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'Amish Farm in Maine Winter'
they ignore,
two look at him funny, oddly,
as though grasping into space,
as though you can hold air in the hand
by grabbing at it, trying to capture the elusive,
the fluidity that cannot be held but holds in
its embrace all things, all persons -
the ego wants to capture, so control, mystery,
even when still calling it mystery or Mystery.
he relaxed -
someone or something looks through the eyes
at the personalities,
the movement of persons,
back and forth, moving among each other.
no judgment, only seeing, unmediated knowing.
one seeing from the Heart sees all -
better, the Heart who sees through one sees all -,
no place remains to meet,
only observe in contented being and quiet joy.
just here, and Here
two look at him, cannot find the Ground to meet.
like feet dangling in mid-air
searching for familiar ground.
interesting, how persons looking as person
get confused when they lose control of knowing
a place to meet anyone here and relaxed,
while Presence sees through eyes on it all -
dispassionate, passive, alive, fully present,
for This is Presence -
not personality,
not person,
not I or me or myself,
not male or female,
not a color or race,
not a religion,
not right or wrong,
not anything or anyone.
two did connect, one especially so.
she came from a place no one else there did.
walking away quietly. driving away slowly.
what comes to awareness? "Elusive Presence."
yes, Elusive Presence. not presence, Presence.
now, enjoying a bookstore,
now, the pet store to get the doggy special food - a surprise for her -,
now, enjoying some coffee,
now and now and now ... Presence, elusive, intimate, alive.
there remains smiling... smiling at it all, in Love,
while someone keeps seeing through eyes all over the world.
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*(C) Brian K. Wilcox, 2021
*Brian's book, An Ache for Union: Poems on Oneness with God through Love, can be ordered through major online booksellers or the publisher AuthorHouse. The book is a collection of poems based on mystical traditions, predominantly Christian and Sufi, with extensive notes on the poetry's teachings and imagery.
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