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My Essence
The event we discussed. Am I turning into some raving lunatic? Dad
It actually makes more sense to me when I read it than when you are talking about it. Dawn
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I bow my head in devotion and seek the light
That miniscule ember the burns so deep within
I gaze at my fingertips touching, sensing the epiphany
What is this thing that pulses from within?
This radiant aura that emanates from within me?
An awareness that is heedless and knows no bounds
This thing that reaches beyond the senses of self
That travels unheeded into the far reaches of the cosmos
Diving into the fathomless recesses of the tiniest quantum element
Reveling in the grandest exhilarations, cringing in timid incriminations
This thing that communes unhindered with God through prayer
This nameless thing that is unknowable and unfathomable
Explicitly undefinable and immeasurable that is my essence
That thing that is me and which shall survive the grave
Eternal and splendid, timelessly bathing in ethereal light
Infinite and eternal, I exist, I am forever!
I am going back and editing all of my work since it is on my blog. I was in church and we had our heads bowed in prayer when I sensed the above epiphany. I sent a draft of it to my daughter after talking to her on the phone and the above is the edited conclusion.