Tag: spiritual journey

Poetry by Patrick Jennings
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Sunset Glow over Jasper, Jasper Sky Tram, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

In the Shadows

In the shadows beneath my consciousness
Dwells a me I barely know
A me of many parts

A friend
A saboteur
A healer
A destroyer
A revolutionary
A gatekeeper
A liberator
A prisoner
An advocate
A critic

All these aspects
Of shadow me
And so many more
Express themselves
In thought, desire and deed
Without consent
Without awareness
Of the me I once believed
Was the only me

Awakening to their existence
Marks the necessity of a journey

The journey begins
With introductions
And acceptance

Where it ends
I cannot know
But I suppose integration
Marks the milestone along the path
Where I become the one
I always believed I was

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Poetry by Patrick Jennings
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La Sagrada Familia, from Gaudí Park Güell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Construction ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #308

I look at myself
A blur
In the foggy mirror
Every morning
Even after washing away
Another layer
Of accumulated detritus

Like the sculptor
Finding the figure
Inside the stone

Like a cathedral
Not yet complete
A hundred years
After the passing
Of its architects

I remain a work in progress
Under construction

In this life
In the last
In the next
All that have been
And all yet to come

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