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    The way nature is

    the way nature is
    is a natural way -

    an eternity of years
    to create the beauty of today.

    the sun shines down past leaves
    and i look at the universe,

    it seems to be as it is,
    in a natural way.

    the way nature is
    hides you from yourself

    an infinite existence,
    you feel you are not.

    sun shining down past leaves
    is my day, as I see

    it pass by, it leaves me
    in a state of unease.

    where is my source?
    does this question lead me

    away from such insanity
    and weakness around?

    should visionaries exist?
    does caring create pain?

    i speak of the infinite,
    yet it feels finite again.

    all my words are nothing,
    and they fail to enlighten -

    the only thing God has said,
    is do not forget.

    pain is one with peace,
    beauty is one with the plain,

    the soul is one with the world,
    its life giving force is the scene.

    it's natural, in a way -
    to see the reflection of a mind

    imagining trees, and leaves, and sun,
    and a mind's reflection.

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    well I certainly feel insiginficant in nature having read this. nicely structured in two line stanzas which lead me by the hand into the forest!
    Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised - American Proverb

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    the philosophy here is deep and it presents many conflicting feelings with some really thought provoking lines:

    i speak of the infinite,
    yet it feels finite again.
    pain is one with peace,
    beauty is one with the plain,

    "But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
    "Oh, yes, I do."
    "In flames and torment?"
    "Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
    "That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said.
    "Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.

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    thanks Delta and Haunted
    You are so kind.

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