
You stand upon the threshold of self
when the eyes outside look inward
past the outer and all its beauty and decay
Light plays tricks with shadows until
they are explored through the pathways
of your own labyrinth, discovering you
are not a cave of darkness, hiding
You are light itself. One golden strand
without an end or a beginning weaves you whole
You
may begin outside, but you will always come back
to the center, pulsing the light that is you
through the body that would hold
Close your eyes and forget this shell
See the labyrinth of light inside
breathing into open space
forming tensile strands weaving
expansion into boundless essence
until there is no you held inside darkness
only joy, threading its golden breath
through all life
Written for Sue Vincent’s #writephoto challenge, “Threshold.”
Just beautiful, Alethea xx
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Thank you, Sue ❤
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That is so all-embracing and enveloped me. Heart-warming. Thank you. x
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I’m so glad you felt enveloped by the poem. ❤
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This is beautiful. I felt uplifted by it.
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Thank you. I’m glad to hear that it’s serving its purpose. ❤
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It certainly is 🙂
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thank you for the reblog 🙂
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Beautiful poem, Alethea…
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Thank you ❤
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Wonderfully written poem. I love ‘the pathways of your own labyrinth’. Very evocative and fits perfectly with the image. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you, Alli. I’m glad you enjoyed it. ❤
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Hi Alethea, Your beautifully expressed poem deserves to be ‘up there’ in a magical stratosphere. xx
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Thank you for your kind words, Joy ❤
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Just perfect 💜
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Thank you, Willow ❤
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It a beautiful post 💜
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You paint a beautiful picture of the complexity that is the human mind. Very well done1
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Thank you, Violet. I’m glad you enjoyed it. ❤
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Beautiful description of the spiritual process of maturity! ❤
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Thank you ❤
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This is Lovely! ❤
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Thank you, Penny ❤
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