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Paths are made for feeling.
(My words normal. Italics John O Donohue. )Every time you leave homeAnother road takes youInto a world you were never in. Pilgrimage, an oft used word. Traveller on a sacred path. Internal External. Concurrent. New Stranger on other paths awaitNew… Continue reading
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Your Soul is never not Beautiful.
Your Soul is never not beautifulExcept in the carcass thoughts of a fractured mindThat cant bear to be seenFrom the outside, or from within.For what it is. Your soul is never not beautifulFor she dances in puddles in red welly… Continue reading
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Arrival…(How do you know)
How do you know……. You’ve Arrived. Trains pull in to stations predicted by one arrivals board. 20 departures ones. Arrival almost incidental. People get off, but people leaving more important. Going somewhere else. Need to know where they are going.… Continue reading
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Beauty is.
Dear Flower, I might describe you with a label I once was taught, or proudly exclaim you with accuracy, from my limited knowledge of florals. I might give you fame, by taking your photo. Showing you off to a world… Continue reading
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What Butterfly Said.
I wonder. I wonder whether butterflies have been told? I wonder whether they know?If the rumour has got through to them after all these years. That they have become metaphoric. To the extreme. Pastiche. Simile. Picture. Meme. Resonance. Symbol. Awakening.… Continue reading
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Alchemy 101.
You gave me eggshells. A daily game I couldn’t win. Secrets of your stealing I had to hide. Damages behind doorsThat no one at them time. Would know. You gave me eggshells. Laying them out on the lounge carpet every… Continue reading
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Wonder Met.
And there she found me. At the window. Summer SunShining through. Glimmers of lightOn my body hair. Miracles of me. And there she found me.And invited me. To hold her handA while. And trust. Her touch. And there she touched.… Continue reading
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Take what you Need (18/06/26)
I wrote these 25 random sentences today. As heart and soul dumps on Substack, some of which started in my journal today. Take what you need. Let me know what resonated for you in the comments, and if you like… Continue reading
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Arousal of Life
It wasn’t just the dolphins.However wonder lusting we were about them. It wasn’t just the puffins. However much they performed their adorable cuteness. It was the space between. From Dolphins just of the harbourTo the island. There was time. Time… Continue reading
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When the old burns away.
It’s when the story doesnt make sense any more. It held you for so long. Safe. ItMadeSense. The Story of how you were made.The Story of what you are to fight for.The Story that can house you within thoughts you… Continue reading
James Ballantyne
The Universe conspires to help the dreamer
Paulo Coelho
Life is a Journey paved with Love
James Ballantyne 