True Aspiration

"There Is A Place I Know" - a Poem

There is a place I know

Where only love abides

A place of purest peace

I know where it resides

And I can go there anytime

In the blinking of an eye

It’s closer than a breath of air

Yet further than the sky

 

There is a place I know

Where joy is overflowing

Serenity enfolds me

And I find my deepest knowing

Stress and worries disappear

As I am in the flow

Amidst the calmest waters

Where there’s no high or low

 

There is a place I know

I get there through my heart

A little doorway opens up

And there my journey starts

A journey not of time and space

Not outer but internal

In pure and simple beingness

I find the self eternal

 

There is a place I know

And you can come there too

The little doorway in your heart

Will open up for you

And you will find the same place

Where nothing’s ended or begun

And it is you, and it is me

For there is only one

 

By Dawn Dowsett   -   Ocober 11th 2009

Autumn - a Poem

This week there has been a change in the air heralding the onset of autumn. Although yesterday turned out really hot in the afternoon, the night air was cool and it has been a very autumnal day today. This prompted me to write a poem to record and welcome the changing season.

Autumn

I noticed a change today
There was a different quality to the light
Sharper, less diffused
And the air was crisp and thin
And I breathed it in with thankfulness

The robin’s song has altered too
His notes more mellow, more relaxed
Less urgent than in the spring
As I listen, I appreciate his wholesome voice
The satisfaction in that heartfelt song

Though the spring fills me with anticipation
And the summer rewards me with utter joy
I mourn them not right now
For autumn is offering her bountiful fruits
Her sense of completion and wisdom untold

There is a fullness now
A sense of deliverance, of homecoming
A peaceful calm pervades the earth
And as night falls, the stars light up the velvet sky
And I am in love with the season of riches unsurpassed

By Dawn Dowsett - 12th September 2009