Empty Palm’s Grace ~by Linda Willows
Come forward, face the sun,
day blossoms as done.
Horizons lift into
life’s heart golden spun.
Walk from the silence
of the peace that comes due,
when the Heart is the frame
and Love, the View.
Ache with the calling
that stirs to become,
to touch all that Breathes
in the mystery of One.
Leave all, let fall;
no possession may keep…
deeply the motion,
even though heart may weep.
Found in the glory
of empty palms grace,
is the fill of a Kingdom
that brings Souls embrace.
©2012 Linda Willows
Photograph by Belyaeva Light
In Solitaire ~a poem by Linda Willows
In solitaire I walk this morn,
with non but light’s soft hue adorn.
Within this path that finds my soul,
I pray Gods’ keeping, life found whole.
For in taking of all things;
the swift removal times can bring…
I root myself upon one Bright
and dearest thing with every might…
In solitaire the Soul is known
begotten, loved and never Lone.
©2012 Linda Willows
Photograph by Kupavna
All the tides’ Mist ~a poem by Linda Willows
Peace not leaving,
life receding.
Tides revealing,
hearts repealing.
Sands leave naked footprints sealing
vows to mark all time once printed
into fate as if thus minted.
Peace not rupted,
life corrupted.
Come to pay some dismal due.
Could the dawn have known eve’s hue,
it would have held its’ breath for you.
Peace not leaving,
life receding.
All the tides
prepare to go.
Where they wander no one tells
but yonder dreams far place to fell…
must capture the lost in such deep spell.
Peace not leaving,
life receding.
Come back, come forward, come to me
Counting nothing, let all be.
Life finds the rhythm of the sea.
Float me with you; carry me too.
I’ll be light as the Mist
as it flies away with you.
©2012 Linda Willows
Photograph by Piet Flour
“The Silence” ~a poem by Linda Willows
The Silence, it wanders throughout my heart’s veils,
leading, perceiving and revealing life’s tales.
Gently dusting and brushing with petals and dew,
all the remnants and thistles that come into view.
The Silence, as peace, does comfort me so;
let it wrap and embrace each long memory in tow.
Now comes as time to begin life anew,
to cherish this good that finds way to pass through.
©2012 Linda Willows
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Photography by Maciej Grochala
“And Peace to Glow” ~Inspirations by Linda Willows
We see, we feel, we kneel, we know…
Such prayers compel earth’s peace to glow,
amidst the core of all that dwells;
and through all hearts that Love does swell.
©2012 Linda Willows
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photo by Sergio Occhiuzzo
“Each Dream of This Day” ~Inspirations by Linda Willows
“Each Dream of this Day”
Form a Dream of the day
when we all can feel free.
In the sunlight, nature’s bounty,
peaceful stills near favored tree.I wonder for things that most do not see
Wandering missions put life’s heart in me.
And the people are free and away.
in each Dream of this day.There was gunfire, snipers and minefields to right.
Nightmare of horrors took off with one’s sight.
I am with you, skies blazing with bombs through the night.Bless the children; all the people
longing for freedom’s right.
Can we form a place in our hearts
that could find room for their plight?In my dreams when I am at rest
near my dear favorite tree;
Lord please hear me, not just this quest,
Let me Feel all of Thee.©2012 Linda Willows
This is dedicated to all of the people here and around the world, that still suffer from loss of freedom, human rights and the many that fight to gain freedom. Their dreams be heard. Their voices be given power and blessing of the God of all Names. I have been with you, alongside of you and forever salute the bravery of those who suffer, are in need, yet live with great courage. love, Linda
(photo gratitude: Kemal Kamil)
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“Wake to Such Godly Dream, New” ~Poetry by Linda Willows
“Wake to Such Godly Dream, New”
Join this humble, tumble Nest,
and sigh into deep Splendor’s Rest
All can wait in this Life’s weighted Que.
While my heart rests with dreams for me and for you.
Ever forwards, towards, within and into
the home of all Love for each and life through.
Sweet echoes remind that a peace of this kind
arises when Souls tender and bend to be True.
Then, into this nest, bring shining your best
and wake to such Godly dream New.
©2012 Linda Willows
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“Each Hilltop is Home” ~by Linda Willows
Each Hilltop is Home
I draw your deep green deep inside as a salve
Each memory and sight deeply soothes each heart valve.
Life softens and breathes; wraps its own in such care
That Love presses in from All everywhere.
Living valleys lie between all the hilltops bright.
They unfold a safe nest of their peace at twilight.
Even when in deep slumber with the trees and starlight,
I am held by the green, by an All tender might.
I join new day with each path through Life’s Art
The trees bend forward, shade begins to part.
Each hilltop is home as I stand and admire
Your green, the unseen and nature All, the Entire.
©2012 Linda Willows
(photo credit: Ovidiu Satmari)
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“Circles of Love’s Art” ~The Poetry of Linda Willows
“Circles of Love’s Art”
We each mark the circle expanding in grace
That reaches it arms out to include life’s embrace.
We are like stones brought from the ancient’s waves
Scattered across sands with hearts bound to save.
Our imprint upon the might of Love’s Sun
Shines in rays equal towards every born one.
I feel the rock, the water, the tide and the land
I see you each. Take my heart. Be stilled. Take my hand.
Our world is light leaping towards visions new
And Life invites the Dawn into me and to you.
Lift the stones from all time and build circles of love’s art.
We mark new Heart’s design that divides not one part.
Destiny sees the untold marks of the Divine
Our Earth, One Circle, linked in love’s Unity bind.
©2012 Linda Willows
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“Peace Mirror” ~Inspirations with Linda Willows
Peace Mirror
“Peace, glide through
our prayers old and new.
We are change, life forwards
a time bold and due.
Grace each soul as
a mirror that may view
the humbling
Unity of All
as You.”
©2012 Linda Willows
Thunder, Thunder, Miles of Wonder
Thunder, thunder, miles of wonder
Footsteps rumble into outcries asunder
Drive me yet through lands not dissolved
whose voices will not break in distant resolve.
Rumble, Rumble, miles to wonder,
room to soar yet much to forsake.
The outcries of brethren for their own sky to take
their voices roar for a new freedom’s wake.
Cast me with honor, give me Souls wake,
Thunder, Thunder; all at stake
For each and every one of us,
This life, ours, and the one we make.
©2012 Linda Willows
What We May Become
May the Wonder of the Divine fill our hearts with Awe. May this awe inspire new thought and forge an ever-increasing will-to-good which transforms hope into action and prompts love forth into choices of compassion, the courage of inclusiveness and the humility of unity.
May we lift our vision and dare to see ourselves and our world, as more than singular, more than one which seeks only for itself, more than one that has a margin for its embrace…let it encircle that which we can fathom only in the most sacred of Dreams.
Let our arms extend from heart to heart in a knowing grasp that touches beyond former reach. And from this bond of purified vision, may we become the founders, builders and the hope itself of a time of inspired action, compassionate fellowship and service which is compelled by a cause greater than our own.
May we be messengers, each, with our unique imprint and voice in these times of passage which call upon the advent of a civilization of peace, unity and compassion; a time which asks that we expect more, but of ourselves, give more, but not in grandeur or with claim, and recognize more in one another. This, not for the sake of Dreams to create but for the surrender of living within dreams which do not challenge the true greatness and capacity of the human spirit.
May we ultimately recognize each as a member of All carried within One Core. Let us find within this embrace, that all families, societies, cultures, living beings and our benevolent earth is known as One Wonder, One Life, sustained by the Beloved, our God as he is named by all people.
©2011 Linda Willows
