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When there is thick, soft silt below your feet
and water
dense and long overhead,
re-member that you must breathe.
You must fill your lungs.
You must rise, at some point,
and breathe.
This being human requires
that we let something
of this world
in.
© 2012-2020/Jamie K. Reaser
From "Coming Home: Learning to Actively Love this World"
Published by Talking Waters Press
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From "Coming Home: Learning to Actively Love this World"
Published by Talking Waters Press
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gorgeous, haunting pairing of word and image...i find myself inhaling as though i were taking in my first breath.
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DeleteBeautiful image and sagacious words Jamie... thank you!
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DeleteThank you for your kindness, RMP. I just took a wander through your blog and saw the glow of a lovely light shining through the darkness. _/|\_
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