Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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WHAT IS A LOTUS 

That love unrequited is a misnomer.

And nothing in life is free is scientifically correct,

That kindness is the lifestyle not everyone adheres to and love is patient, kind, and in no way judgemental is rock hard fact.  That and so many gifts taken for granted: Bird song, Or light - cold as a shift shaping moon, Stars - alone like socially distanced beings in a pandemic. And sky the colour of blue we think.

"Ah - If I knew then what I know now" -  should i  be saying that today? knowing that i may edit, but i'm not the author of life?

Ah humility, ah gratefulness, ah a heart of trust and thanksgiving: these i need like air to breathe, that i may hope in tomorrow.


I will bloom to light

From muddy anchors rooted

every good i am

© gillena cox 2021


BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH
Prompted to use in a new poem  the line 
If I knew then what I know now
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Location: St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

16 comments:

  1. RommyJanuary 27, 2021 at 5:14 PM

    Lovely haibun Gillena

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  2. Magaly GuerreroJanuary 27, 2021 at 5:16 PM

    I really like the positivity that sprouts out of the haiku.

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  3. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJanuary 27, 2021 at 7:09 PM

    Wonderful reflections, beautifully expressed! I love, 'knowing that i may edit, but i'm not the author of life'; for me it sums up perfectly the paradox of being part of the Divine plan whilst simultaneously exercising free will.

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    1. Gillena CoxJanuary 27, 2021 at 10:20 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Rosemary

      Much💖love

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  4. HelenJanuary 27, 2021 at 8:19 PM

    The essence of your heart and soul shine thru in your poetry.

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  5. Brother OllieJanuary 27, 2021 at 9:46 PM

    bloom to light...love that image!

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    1. Gillena CoxJanuary 27, 2021 at 10:22 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Brother Ollie

      Much💖love

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  6. JimJanuary 28, 2021 at 12:34 AM

    Editing is a good way to say "change". And not you are not the first author of all your life but you sure can edit much. Free will can get us in trouble if it is bad stuff. Isn't it nice to feel blessed?
    Nice Haibun, the Haiku part was nicely fitted too.
    ..

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  7. Gillena CoxJanuary 28, 2021 at 5:11 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Brother Jim

    Much��love

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  8. Magical Mystical TeacherJanuary 28, 2021 at 8:12 PM

    The key to being able to make it through this life with its ups and downs (and not going crazy wondering what you MIGHT have done in the past to change things) is, as you state...trust. And for me, that's trust in God, who, as the author of Psalm 138 assures us, knows all our ways--because he walks them with us.

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  9. rallentandaJanuary 29, 2021 at 9:33 AM

    Yes...walk in the light and leave the shadows behind.Lovely poem.

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  10. Gillena CoxJanuary 29, 2021 at 7:53 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Rall

    Much��love

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