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Within

("Without Place")

By Paul A. MerkleyPublished 5 months ago 1 min read
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska via Wikimedia Commons, March 2025

As Soul we live in seas of Now

In wheres of Here

In hows of Be

We ride on foamy waves of Yes

With songs of Love

And laughs of Free

With soundtrack bold of streaming Current

In Light, transcendent Luminescence

From God it comes, this wondrous Essence

We breathe in sync with Its own Rhythm

Its breath inside us, out and Back

Nothing needed on this Track

And how can I describe this State:

The dancing light, the joy of Sound…

A spot where grace and love Abound

Sure not without, but found Within

Beyond the wildest Imagination

Inside the kernel of Creation

To nothing here it is Akin

The only need is to Begin

A state of lofty, living Laws

And Consciousness the only Cause

inspirational

About the Creator

Paul A. Merkley

Mental traveller. Idealist. Try to be low-key but sometimes hothead. Curious George. "Ardent desire is the squire of the heart." Love Tolkien, Cinephile. Awards ASCAP, Royal Society. Music as Brain Fitness: www.musicandmemoryjunction.com

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