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Balance

Balance is difficult for me -- 
generally leaning one way 
or the other

if not oscillate
more apt to choose that
additional cold beer, 

wanting to capture sunset

squeeze several more blazing
rays onto a fiery horizon – a
tropical beach, some Paradise Lost
deep in memory….

One more dab to an already
overflowing canvas – one more
transitional metaphor, lyrical vehicle
of flickering, manic dimension

rocking the spirit
like a saturating kiss
into drenching ecstasy -- 

5 billion years of earth genes
and yet feeling the out of place
child, expecting to sit antsy free
in a classroom

Who can blame Mirror-nature for her
extreme reactions!?~ quakes, plagues
and famines – arguments into world
obliterating...man’s soulful inclination 
to be inclement,

downright hostile

and recklessly volatile 

in the face of God --

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Date: 4/23/2024 3:05:00 AM
- Really well written, Joe...the balance between resources and demands, between effort and recovery, is often hard to find :) - hugs
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Joe Dimino
Date: 4/23/2024 8:02:00 AM
Hi Anne; thank you -- seems to me a soul problem, due to a selfishly educated soul never feeling satisfied, having been wrongly tutored that, excess is quality -- glutinously believing that the solution is "Give me" as opposed to "the abundance experienced when giving". I especially like your comment~ I think you should add this one to your personal quotes. Have a great day my friend.
Date: 4/23/2024 2:21:00 AM
Did not Our Lord prophesied that we will be faced with earthquakes, floods, and other disasters? And we brought these disasters ourselves through our egoistic desires.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 4/23/2024 8:09:00 AM
Hi Victor; just my opinion, but I think people wrongly believe, when believing that God's Law is outside of them, and not a living extension of Free Will being. The substance of our minds translates the substance of our souls -- mind, thoughts, feelings, are the Substance-archetypes of physical reality.
Date: 4/22/2024 11:06:00 PM
A very lively write I must observe Joe Dimino..Keep them coming I Appreicate the flow..!
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Joe Dimino
Date: 4/23/2024 8:44:00 AM
Hi Joe; just the process of my own thinking, hoping that I am not so different, and through honest, open discussion, we can help one another back to Truth.
Date: 4/21/2024 7:58:00 AM
I enjoyed this poem. It is intrinsically.meditative.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 4/22/2024 9:47:00 AM
Thank you, Hilda, for the positive encouragement. I try to write alive words -- thank you for letting me know that this one works for you -- have a beautiful day!
Date: 4/20/2024 4:31:00 AM
What a profound write this is dear joe! And so well written too! I agree who can blame mother nature for mirroring exactly what she has been served and also i really found it creative how youv written “ overflowing canvas – one more transitional metaphor, lyrical vehicle of flickering, manic dimension” lyrical vehicle! Clever! Brilliant wordpairing there! Pleasure always reading your work.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 4/20/2024 10:45:00 PM
Hi IE. Thank you so much. Your positive comment has made my day. Blessings my friend!

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