{"id":91,"date":"2013-10-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d4dd087e-76ff-4dde-bd00-03957dc871cd"},"modified":"2013-10-03T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T05:00:00","slug":"loves-revelation-a-new-poem-by-joseph-anthony-with-a-painting-by-joy-jo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"Love’s Revelation, A New Poem by Joseph Anthony with a Painting by Joy Jo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love\u2019s Revelation<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

By<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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Joseph Anthony<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n


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So many flowers,<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

so many blossoms unfurling silken
\npetals.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

So many colors\u2014lavish and wild.  Such proof beyond measure<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

the Beloved\u2019s love for us.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

Of course autumn tugs at our sleeves,<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

admonishing us to let go, to let the
\noceanic mantle of the sky<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

bear us to the ground where we will
\nsimply shine again.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

Of course there\u2019s winter, when petals curl inward,<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

fall to the ground, dissolve into
\nthe earth.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

These journeys too are love\u2019s revelation.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

For autumn blazes, like slowly blooming fireworks<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

cascading over the hillside.  And winter, winter is spring\u2019s still and
\nsilent prelude,<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

where the notes gather on the
\nshoulders of sleeping angels.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

And spring, spring broadcasts rebirth and transformation,<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

letting us know nothing is lost,
\neverything returns to us<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

a thousand fold in robes of dazzling
\nlight and faces full of deep gratefulness,<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

spring is when angels awaken and
\nsing the day into flourishing.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

Dear Flowers of Life, on this summer\u2019s day after a long night<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

of wind and rain, share your beauty
\nand your fragrant jubilation,<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

share your visions and tears of dew,
\nshare your voices<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

of silk and satin, share your songs
\nof sky and stars,<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

share your elegant openings and
\nslender stalks<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

so that the world may partake of
\nyour ambrosial devotion<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

to the unveiling of the love that
\ndreams in the dark, <\/font><\/p>\n

l<\/font>uminous womb <\/font>of creation.<\/font><\/p>\n


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Painting by Joy Jo<\/a><\/p>\n

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Copyright Joseph Anthony of the Wonder Child Blog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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