Eyes That See

‘A man should learn to detect and watch
 that gleam of light which flashes across
 his mind from within...

 In every work of genius we recognize
 our own rejected thoughts: They come back
 to us with a certain alienated majesty.’

             - Ralph Waldo Emerson, ‘Self Reliance’



I see what I am prepared to see
so I adjust my eyes to what confronts me:
To see a forest in an acorn I must be
prepared for such greatness,
I must hold such faith in my hands,
I must strive from within to believe in
such growth and possibility.
As the seeds compactness is beauty,
so is its dissolution a precursor to beauty:
We gain by losing.

My heart is a seed and its giving to others
of self is what gives it purpose:
Solitude is reached by letting go.
What the heart is set upon it shall surely reach.

Look low, look high,
see what is always there.
In the eternal are my own dreams waiting,
so I listen and open my eyes.
Those who never see, never know.
In seeing, I am knowing.
In hearing, I am listening:
The voice of God is whisper soft;
it is as a feather falling.

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