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The new journal

2/20/2017

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​this page is so beautiful
soft white
untarnished
by the mess that is life
no dog-ears here
no eraser marks
​or scratched-out bits

just wide open room
for words that breathe life into the smoky-haze of noise and death all around
I wrap my Elsket scarf around my head and ears
     to shield me, to lead me
     to cause me to be in ways that whisper my 
     Belovedness
     like a distant tune heard by everyone
     that is somehow familiar, yet forgotten
     that pulls the corners of the mouth upward
     where lightness weighs more heavy than worry
     and joy permeates like moonlight on snow
     and creativity falls like confetti flakes released from grey sky blanket
     and love pours out in a hundred secret ways


Dec 30, 2016 - Elsket is one of several Norwegian words for love. I do not speak Norwegian, but my understanding of the term, is that is indicates the a very deep, intimate form of love, such as that expressed between spouses, or between a person and God.
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