Before I sleep, I Declare...

A Declaration of Communion

by Rose Marie Raccioppi Poet Laureate, Orangetown, New York

Before I sleep, I Declare... OUR connection, our interplay, the spirit of commune is real. To all who visit... Let us be among those who have chosen to celebrate the ultimate beauty of bonding across differences, across the false separation of humankind, the animal kingdom, and the grace of Nature. We are to hold to a consciousness that brings us to be ONE in love and glory. ONE with the knowing of GOD.

Let us bond in gratitude with the waters, the vegetation, the growing life upon Earth that provides food, shelter, clothing. Let us honor and protect the air we breathe, the Earth we walk, the vast vistas of the firmament, and the TRUTH we behold in heart, in soul, in light, in breath, in BEING.

YES, feel it... OUR connection, our interplay, the spirit of commune is real.

— Rose Marie Raccioppi

Chosen to be FREE...

 

To Be Free...

be bound not by the pain

bound not by the blame

you are destined to be free

be bound not by judgments unfair

be bound not by hurtful absence of care

you are destined to be free

be bound not by lies and illusion

be bound not by the misguided conclusion

you are destined to be free

be bound not by what another may do or say

be bound not by cruel games some may play  

you are destined to be free

free to live beauty, truth and a vision clear

free to live faith, and blessings dear

free to live your dreams conceived

free to be the glory perceived

free to live and know God’s embrace

free to hold this in heart’s place

free to live a destiny true

free to live the JOY that in TRUTH is You.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Founder/Director

APOGEE Paradigm™

POET Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

Moment of FREEDOM

Last evening in Celebration of July 4, 2025 fireworks were heard ... Our Freedoms in Declaration ... our resolve put forth ... and so we become that moment of FREEDOM ...

Moment of FREEDOM

The shedding of shackles and confine

This quest of spirit and mind

The moment of birthing freedom sought

Beyond the illusion suppression has taught

The reach to the God within

To vanquish each false sin

With brush and paint I to proclaim

This Moment of Freedom in Truth's name

Peaks and flames of passion and desire

The light and glory of Spirit's known fire.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Moment of Freedom, 2002, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com