True Expression

— by Karen Sheahan

Tim McCarthy's talk on the subject of "The Perils and the Pride of Patriotism" awakened Karen Sheahan's spirit and renewed her beautiful poem "True Expression".

True Expression  

A Phoenix is rising.

A Phoenix is rising in the the flames of the candles 

I’ve lit, through the silent retreats of my life.

It’s growing, 

Growing a deepening spirit, a new sense of myself.

The two-winged bird is here, 

Its quiet center truth,

Its balanced wings balancing courage, 

Balancing the ups and the downs, 

The good and the bad,

The judge, the protector, 

Joy and sadness,

Creating dreams of a true life,

Expressed truthfully.

Written by Karen Sheahan

October 1989 and I am still dreaming.

Keep dreaming, Karen!  And keep writing.

Comments:

This in turn reminded me of Dorianne Low's dreams of a utopia the previous week.  "Dreams of a true life" echos some of the ideas we are looking at for the Spring 2021 lecture series.         Susan

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