A Spiritual Awakening

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I have asked many times to connect to my deceased family.

They are well and happy! 

 

Walking across the grass, tall, unopposed, well dressed as always.

I say to my brother, must we talk?
He nods.
I hug and kiss his cheek.
He appears a picture of health. 
A mild concerned look on his face,
yet he says that he is happy.

I seek out my sisters to visit with Paul.
I know that they must,  for time is the essence.

From nowhere my mother appears.
Her fragile frame dressed as always,  so elegantly.
I ask. Am I going to heaven?
She leans back, 
eyes slightly closed, as if to hold a secret.
"God will not let me say" she replies.

As I pass by, a mother holding her baby,
I look to the baby. 
You know don't you?
The baby smiles, not able to speak, but she understands.

Seeking to inform this mother, I encounter another.
a family holding three tiny bodies the size of my hand.
Would you like to hold one? I do.
I begin to nourish this child. As
It grow in my hand it smiles
as if to say thank you.

I awake! I ask myself,  am I forgiven?
Surely there is hope.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022



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Date: 1/7/2023 11:22:00 AM
We would all wish we could meet our dearly departed. Alas time on earth and in heaven are two different things. They cannot mix. But we will all see our beloved ones after our death.
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Date: 12/30/2022 10:26:00 AM
Love this one Ray, such an ethereal quality to it. A beauty Happy New Year. Panagiota
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Panagiota Romios
Date: 12/31/2022 11:53:00 AM
Ray, I will light a special candle for you tonight. I live in central California, but was in Canada decades ago and loved it. The US has a maniacal leader. I fear for my life. I am listing a poem about my Mother in a few days. Mother was unbelievable. …like yours. Endless love, time and patience for all I love hockey by the way and ReanEvason, was my heart throb.i was raised in Chicago but moved here many moons ago. Darlene and I are great friends. She’s wonderfully real and more importantly, a true friend. Let’s be friends, what say you? I hope so. New Years hugs,xoxo PanagiotA. You can soup mail me as well. Things work out Ray. Thank you, Canuck.
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Ray Zottola
Date: 12/31/2022 5:40:00 AM
Dear Panagiota, You are just what I needed. Bless you for reading my writings! After losing 3 family members within 3 months I seem to have entered another realm of my existence. This writing was of a dream that I had a few weeks ago.i was asking over and over to dream of my mother who unlike a Vatican saint was i believe a saint in the truest of meaning. Anyway, thank you for your inspiration. Also, as you are from Trudeau's Canada hear more about your country's changing political environment. Thats if you want to. thanks again. Rz
Date: 12/20/2022 3:33:00 AM
A lucid dream? A remarkable write
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Ray Zottola
Date: 12/20/2022 1:20:00 PM
Yes, but now It left so many questions. And ty for commenting.
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