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4. The Distance Between

11 Tuesday Aug 2015

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The Distance Between


 Forgiveness created the space
for love to flow
effortlessly
into the safety of her heart.

Peace followed
carrying nothing
in its welcoming arms
but the distance between
Forgiveness and Love.

It is Time

07 Friday Aug 2015

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IT IS TIME

It is time.
Time to awaken, to rise up, speak up, step up
Time to open our hearts, shift our minds and let peace enter.
It is time to put down arms without fearing for our lives
Time to hold out our arms in love for every life on this planet we share
together
Together
it is time to move away from discord and unease
it is time to move into harmony and joy
loving kindness
and peace.
oh yes.
Peace.

It is time for peace
peace in our hearts
peace in our minds
in our families and communities
in our cities and provinces
states and countries
it is time for peace in all our world
It is time.

We are born forever.

24 Sunday May 2015

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we are born forever copyWe are born forever

©2015 Louise Gallagher

We are born
forever
designed without committee
without collaborative hands
staking out the ground
where one of us will stand
forever
while others fall
by the wayside.

There is no wayside.

We are in this
together
all for one
one for all
forever.

We are created
forever
by the Divine
whose voice
is our voice
whose hands
are our hands
whose being
is our being.

There is no other.

We are born
magnificent
no ifs ands or buts
can ever take away
the sum of our parts
that do not add up
to our magnificence
it is all
there is
no other part to us
no shadow
of doubt
clouding up the skies
of our forever
magnificence
dimmed.

There is no dimming of our magnificence.

We are forever
in this moment
where we forget
the beauty of our essence
shimmering
in the light of this moment
awakening
to the truth
we do not need to search
for the path
to enlightenment
we are the path
our own way
our own light.

There is no other way.

There is only us
each and every one
created to last forever
no matter how this journey
runs
out
into the sands
of time
filling in
the footprints we left
in the seas of change
washing away
our memory
of our magnificence
born
forever.

There is only our forever.

The Birthing

02 Sunday Nov 2014

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The Love Bird

The Love Bird (Mixed Media – Louise Gallagher)

The Birthing

©2014 Louise Gallagher

Giving birth
to what I do not know

I tremble
in the light

dawning

within my womb
truth breaks
open

my body
aches

at the liminal threshold
of revelation
faltering
on the edges
of my labor

kneeling
I press my forehead
against mother nature’s breast
and drink of her nectar
pulsing through my veins

Reveal to me
the truth
of all that is possible

when I let go of fear

I cry
and surrender

unto Love.

Praying the Hours

24 Wednesday Sep 2014

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IMG_5856Prayer For The Hours
(honouring the rhythm of the day through prayerful contemplation of haiku)

©2014 Louise Gallagher

VIGILS (Night)

Beginning, sun sets
in shadowed light embracing day.
Owl hunts in darkness.

LAUDS (Dawn)

Breathing into light
dawn quietly leaves night’s bed.
Sparrow sings of joy.

TERCE (Morning)

Create! day called out
to time passing by unseen.
Magpie adors its nest.

SEXT (Noon)

Crimson fire burning hot
expands out to touch the horizon.
Eagle soars on high.

NONE (Mid-afternoon)

Ending, day seeks
closure in death’s sweet promise.
Raven waits patiently.

VESPERS (Evening)

Dusks thin veil pulls back
releasing earth from day’s labour.
Dove settles lightly.

COMPLINE (Night)

Seeking the great One
silence beckons at night’s edge.
Swan floats silently.