A Secret Held...

It has been said: 

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
~ Albert Camus

As I look to the jeweled tone colors of leaves ... 

Each color, a secret held, until the season renewed its vow

For the splendor of color to soar free from branch and bough

In the embrace of the lambent sky and sun so very bright

Leaves of radiant color swept by autumn winds in wistful flight

Brilliant hues of orange, crimson, red, burgundy, and gold

A blanket of leaves upon the ground, the tale of Fall be told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Blanket of Leaves, CAR Collectible Clicks, © Rose Marie Raccioppi. 

An awakening...an assertion.... words that proclaim...

An awakening... an assertion... words that proclaim…

And I realized it was the battles of my own life that had inspired me. 

For in the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.

In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

In the midst of sorrow, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.

-- Albert Camus

... and within me there be an invincible SELF...

the call of Spirit, Evolution, Love, Freedom ... and so...

No More

shackled no more for I am the wind free

silent no more for I am the thunderous storm

despairing no more for I am the dawning day

thirsty no more for I am lakes and rivers flowing clear

lost no more for I am the guiding stars

confined no more for I am vistas wide and far

hungry no more for I am bounty and harvest divine

this the awakened faith mine

this the awakened faith mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Awakened Faith, APOGEE Vibrational Art, www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

©Rose Marie Raccioppi.

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