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poem submitted to “Let’s Minichu on Pleasure” poetry contest, Mohan Chutani, sponsor, March 31, 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There’s a pleasure in the woods that feels like prayer, a gentle warmth that rises with morning the air. There’s a pleasure in the woods that feels like grace, a hush of soulfulness that calms me in this place There’s a pleasure in the woods that feels like rain, a tender rhythm rinsing off my old wounds and pain. There’s a pleasure in the woods that feels like God’s breath, a slow release that loosens my human fear of death. There’s a pleasure in the woods, a heavenly song, a birdsong truth that carries my soul along. There’s a pleasure in the woods that feels like prayer, a quiet knowing: Spirit meets me there.
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