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Lisa P.'s avatar

When I left myself

To find a way

Death came so quickly

I didn’t really notice.

I brought others with me

A journey into the unknown

Dropped down into a place that

Had felt so strange

Yet…

Life was the light that shown

So brightly there.

Salty air & sound

That licked the deep wounds.

Of a thousand lifetimes

That lived inside this body.

Mine.

Resurrected.

Nurtured back into Breath.

A quickening

Of body, of mind, of sprit.

I was aware.

Light oozed from every corner

And shadow I avoided

Became a blanket.

I learned the Way.

Love embraced my every step

Into my new

Birth.

Human to the core

Free to laugh & love.

Joy is our birthright.

Death is only a way-station.

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Mesa Fama's avatar

Absolutely beautiful, Lisa. I have goosebumps and chills. Just stunning. Thank you so much. <3

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Lisa P.'s avatar

Thank you Mesa! I have many with more to come!

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Holly Starley's avatar

To seeing with our poet heart eyes as often as we possibly can 💕💕🪽

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Mesa Fama's avatar

All the yes to that, Holly 😍😍😍

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Grace Drigo's avatar

This is absolutely gorgeous 🩵🩵

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Mesa Fama's avatar

Thanks so much, Grace 🩵

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Danni Levy's avatar

Your words make me wonder why this is so, why do we fall to poetry when we fall in grief, in the attempt to survive, when we fall in love. Perhaps it is bc it is easier to sing than speak, maybe bc it is easier to string a few words together than to form full sentences, maybe bc poetry is the true language of the heart, simple, essential, more silent than chatty. Maybe. Thank you Mesa. Your love shines even brighter these days. Maybe this is the sweet payback for loss. Our heart grows to surthrive the darkness. Maybe.

I love you. This I am sure. xo

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Mesa Fama's avatar

Love you, Danni. I think you might be right- our hearts grow to survive the darkness. 🩵🩵🩵

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Danni Levy's avatar

sur-thrive 💓

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Kendall Lamb's avatar

I love the turn of a poet dying to a poet living so, SO MUCH. Thank you for your wide open heart- it's beautiful to behold.

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Shaista Ali's avatar

Mesa - your energy, passion, heartache come through strong. A poet absolutely lives. That is what Andrea has been teaching us, and how well we are learning 🤍

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Mesa Fama's avatar

Thank you, Shaista <3 Xoxo

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Heidi White's avatar

I see you friend. Joining you in letting the words fall out ❤️

WANDER

Let your mind wander

To the places you will go

People you will see

Dreams you will realize

Let your body wander

To adventures undiscovered

Mountains yet to be climbed

Horizons to be explored

Let your soul wander

Back to

The joy you deserve

The wonder and awe of being

The expansion of discovery-HMW

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Mesa Fama's avatar

Heidi, this is so beautiful. Thank you. "Let your soul wander/back to/ the joy you deserve".. I love this so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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Heidi White's avatar

Thank you for seeing me! It warms my heart to know these words landed especially as Debby Doubter rears her ugly head. ❤️

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Peter Lautz's avatar

WRITING

is a sacramental act,

alone sitting still

on sun-soaked

stones

listening to a bounding

stream

washing great blocks

of boulders

clean.

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Mesa Fama's avatar

Peter - thank you for this. You took me right to the place I needed to be. Beautiful. <3 Thank you!!!! Xoxo

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Peter Lautz's avatar

You are most welcome Mesa.

I’m glad this resonates!

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kaylen alexandra's avatar

Mesa!!!

This is the best part ll

Living in hips rights next to you.

I love you and your poems.

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Mesa Fama's avatar

I love you!!! Thank you sweet friend. <3 Glad to be next to you in this life. <3 Xoxo

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