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Moving on to Unknown Promise
She was a stranger in a place not yet heard of
Confused and comforted yet not feeling a threat
Looking in wonder at beauty unknown
In a land of the angels, old memories upset.
For it was but a moment ago she was dreaming
Of a beautiful time in the sun and the sand.
And now in a flash, her body transported
Spanning the ages but still close at hand.
“Of what is this splendor?” she asks herself calmly,
What is the meaning and importance of all?
Why am I here and where is this stationed?
This that surrounds me, so big and so small.
In distance appears a spark bright and glowing
Moving e’er closer as time passed it on.
Then out of that brightness, a voice began talking
Only to her, said “let’s throw light upon
The quandary you think you are just now observing
The love and the grace so perfect you feel
This is the land of perpetual sweetness,
The manifestation of God who is real.”
The planet of earth you abide on at present
Is only a station of the path you have taken.
You needed to stop there and rest on your road
To forever and practice, your learning unshaken.
Now your stop on your journey, again carries on
It leads you to this what appears to be strangeness
Is meant only to smooth the pending transition
And prepare you to enter continuing greatness.
Have no fear oh my child and all of you children.
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