De Light Full

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Because light is, we know the dark.

Because dark is, we know the light.

We delight in wiggling our toes in both

if they are kindly and inviting. The toes.

And light and dark. They warm to each other.

A muscular spreading of toes allows

water and earth and air in between them.

Dark and light smiles spread from foot bottom to

head top—a glowing and inviting peace.

An easy peace. Seek it out. Let it be.

Silence grabs our lips. Silence holds the pens

in our hands. Wait for it. A divine push—

soft as light and dark, easy as inner

peace—will come. Waiting for it, we don’t waste

ink. We don’t waste time. We make friends with it.

So many strangers. Many possible

friendships. May as well count the grains of sand

hugging us and each other, waiting to

become rock again, such good memories

of unity. We want to make them now.

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