It started with a blank canvas

Each time soul’s reborn, it begins anew,
with memory of its past life wiped clean,
feeling vividly each hue as though new,
truth of existence attempting to glean.
Love’s the only rule in this earth life school,
so on blank canvas of soul, we should ink
colours of joy but then lust makes us drool
and in quicksands of desire, we soon sink.
It seems then we are doomed but there is hope,
for God has provided us with a guide,
being voice of conscience, that we don’t grope
in darkness, reclaiming soul’s light inside.
The table is laid for joy readymade,
if we but opt in stream of bliss to wade.

If we but opt in stream of bliss to wade,
being flow of soma nectar within,
cravings of ego soon begin to fade
and our heart is purged from demonic sin.
To embrace magnetism is up to us,
simply since love employs no use of force,
so melding head with heart, making no fuss,
currents divine sublime steers our life course.
Love’s the magic that has no opposite,
resolving within its womb, past conflict,
making mind, body and soul composite,
provided we are not by ego tricked.
In void-centric stillness, witnessing life,
animating silence, our heart’s bliss rife.

Animating silence, our heart’s bliss rife,
tiptoeing softly in the void unshod,
allowing love to act as the midwife,
revealing inner light that leaves us awed.
Life is the fabric upon which we paint
emotes of soul, inked by our childlike heart,
so treading gently, mindful like a saint,
let us then make each breath, a work of art.
Born in the aether, God’s magnetic heat,
enlivens head to toe, our feeble form
refrain of love that always does repeat,
imbibed if we surrender to this storm.
Just as each morn, we’re graced by pristine dew,
each time soul’s reborn, it begins anew.

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Date: 2/27/2024 6:55:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful write. So much to think about.... Have a blessed day writing away...............
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Date: 2/27/2024 7:53:00 AM
Thank you, Paula dear
Date: 2/27/2024 3:09:00 AM
Hearty Congratulations Guru for your soulful write Particularly appreciated the sentence "Life is the fabric upon which we paint .............like a saint". So much sagacity from a sage. Happy contemplation.
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Date: 2/27/2024 5:42:00 AM
Hahaha ~ I’m no guru. As Anandamayi Ma said, ‘God is the only guru’
Date: 2/26/2024 3:54:00 PM
Your Crown of Sonnets is beautiful dear Seeker A worthy win of the first place position. You have excelled. Best wishes Wen
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Date: 2/26/2024 8:47:00 PM
Thank you, Wen - love & light
Date: 2/26/2024 12:09:00 PM
Three epic sonnets that rhyme and flow so well.. I really admire your spiritual take on the theme, with a virgin soul starting fresh, but how life can change it.. Congratulations on your first place in the contest..
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Date: 2/26/2024 8:47:00 PM
Thank you, Silent One. I enjoyed penning this one for your contest :)
Date: 2/21/2024 9:11:00 AM
I enjoyed your poem. It gives me peace and sense of spirituality.
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Date: 2/21/2024 9:10:00 PM
Thank you, Jay
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