THE THREE ANGELS by Tahlia Hunter

"THE THREE ANGELS"
by Tahlia Hunter

There are three angels you will meet in your lifetime.

One who will love you,

one who will inspire you,

and one who will appear to love you,

but then break your heart.

And though you will not recognise this third angel,

as when they leave,

they will leave a deep scar that you have to heal,

when you cross over to the other side,

you will discover that

though they may have hurt you in this life,

the secret is that they have always loved you -

they had merely forgotten,

as they were playing a role

to help you heal and reclaim your worthiness

independent of anyone outside of yourself.

And all along, they were an angel in disguise.”

*****

Words by Tahlia Hunter

https://www.facebook.com/TahliaHunterBlog

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THE MAGIC WAND WITHIN US by Tahlia Hunter

"THE MAGIC WAND WITHIN US"
by Tahlia Hunter

There is a magical wand that lies within you

that has the power to forgive

everyone you ever encounter.

Though useless when used in anger

when used in love,

it is far more powerful than you could ever imagine.

Its magic lies in the wisdom

that when you see yourself as special

and deserving of love,

you see it in everyone you encounter,

no matter who they are or what they have done.

And the secret to forgiving someone

lies in understanding

that the loving version of them

is the true version.

And those who are most difficult to love

are oftentimes those who need it most

as they have forgotten who they are.

And if you can find love for their higher self,

remembering the truth of who they are,

then you will no longer feel pain.

And once you have healed,

the story of how they hurt you

will simply be replaced by the wisdom

that both you and them are loved.

And though they must still face the consequences of their actions

and may never be allowed back into your life,

you deserve to move forward in peace

and experience every joy that life has to offer.

And though you may feel grief or anger now,

you may trust

that once you have let yourself fully process it,

the pain you once felt will be a mere memory

and will eventually be transmuted back to love.

And you may choose to take only the love and the wisdom from your past forward with you

and all else to let go.

This is how you forgive someone:

When you think of them,

simply speak to them, within your mind,

“I love you. I bless you. I send you love.”

Over and again in your mind,

enough times for it to bring you peace.

And then feel that love within you,

until all that is left is love.

And because time doesn’t exist,

even if they have exited your life,

one day they will get to hear what you said

and feel that love you sent them energetically

and be touched by your forgiveness.

This is how

centuries of hatred have been forgotten,

in the love of a second.

*****

Words by Tahlia Hunter

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DEAR SON by Joanne Boyle

"DEAR SON"
by Joanne Boyle

Dear Son, I tried to call your mum

in the hope that she would talk.

It's been so long since I saw you.

I bet you can now walk.

Dear Son, I tried to call your Mum

to wish you a happy second birthday.

I prayed and prayed she'd answer.

The years are slipping away.

Dear Son, I tried to call your Mum

but the phone no longer rings.

I hope Santa Claus is good to you

and I'll hold on to what he brings.

Dear Son, I tried to ring your Mum

but it was just as it was before.

I wanted to wish you a happy birthday

as now you are big boy four.

Dear Son, I tried to write a letter

as I'm now guessing you can read.

I have nowhere to post it

as I've never been given a lead.

Dear Son, I wrote another birthday card.

I have a collection in my drawer.

I hope I see you open them

when you come through my door.

Dear Son, now here you are a teenager.

I bet you are very tall.

Who do you support Son?

That's if you like football.

Dear Son, I got some bad news today.

They say that I'm not well.

I'm going nowhere till I've seen you

as there's so much I want to tell.

Dear Son, today you turn eighteen

and now you are man

I'm holding on to life and hope

and still doing the best I can.

Dear Dad, I've only just been informed

of all the years gone by.

Of every phone call that you made

and of all the times you'd try.

I am sorry for the years we lost

and all those letters in the drawer.

I am sorry I was never told

about these things before.

Dear Son, the years no longer matter

just come and sit beside my bed.

Tell me all about your hopes

and the dreams inside your head.

Tell me about your school

and all the friends you made.

Do you have a girlfriend yet?

Do you have a job were you are paid?

Treat moments like gold stars Son

each one as precious as the other.

Don't hold grudges either

especially toward your Mother.

Dear Dad, I'm so glad I got to meet you

before it was too late.

I put a note in your jacket pocket

for you to read at the pearly gate.

It said "I love you".

******

Joanne Boyle Heartfelt

art by Steffi Krenzek

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YOU'VE CHANGED by John Roedel

"YOU'VE CHANGED"
by  John Roedel

the only thing to say when

somebody tells you that

you’ve changed is:

“Thank you.”

over the past couple years

people have told me that they

miss the old me

~ the funny me

the less-serious poet me

~ the safe me

the ambitious me

~ the life-of-the-party me

the “easy to be around” me

I try to explain to them

that lately my favourite places

have become thresholds

I have about four new beginnings a week

I’ll try doing this and then

~ I’ll try being that and then

I’ll try this on and then

~ I’ll try a taste of that

I may write a poem today

I’ll take some photos tomorrow

and maybe I’ll tell some

jokes on stage next week

and a decade from

now I’ll be a painting sunflowers

and each thing will be the most

important thing I’ve ever done

I’m in perpetual state of transition

I keep leaving home

as who I was and

returning as who I

need to be next

~ it’s all such a skin-shedding

adventure of fresh starts and

unlimited resurrections

I don’t want to be the exact same

person that I was when you

last saw me yesterday

too much has happened since then;

I’ve seen too much beauty

I’ve cried too many tears

I’ve sat with too many ghosts

I’ve put my toes in too many rivers

I’ve had my heart broken too many times

I’ve felt too many kisses

I’ve heard the divine singing to me from too many treetops to not be transformed

I once met angel that was sunbathing

naked in a garden who told me that

heaven looks exactly like a thick thunderhead draping itself over a Rocky Mountain valley

heaven is always billowing

heaven is ever rolling

heaven is constantly churning

heaven is relentlessly changing forms

heaven is a endless rumble

heaven never looks the same

from one day to the next

heaven is constantly being reshaped by the hands of the great potter

because

it turns out that grace is a

whirling spectrum of colors

and heaven has to keep

changing its form in

order to keep up with it

heaven transforms

its camouflage of miracles

and magic every morning

and if that’s good

enough for heaven

then it’s good enough for me

there is so much creation

taking place around us

for us not too join in

on the fun

so many new opportunities

so many new people

so many galaxies being formed

so much ancient beauty being rediscovered

with all of that going on

how can we have a new

beginning every single

time we breathe?

I believe epiphanies aren’t

meant to randomly drip

like a broken faucet

they’re meant to flood

like a creating river

when somebody

accuses you of changing

take it as a compliment

and wonder

why they haven’t

if a nebula can be given

permission to change forms

so can you

besides ~ and

this is VERY important:

maybe we aren’t

changing anyway

maybe we are just becoming

who we were born to be

in the first place?

maybe we were born

to keep unfolding

like an endless map

and one last thing, my love,

don’t let any your seasons

become permanent

let them all pass through you

bloom red

change

bloom green

change

bloom rainbows

embrace each

one as the wonder

that they are

our souls are

made of moving

holy water

with bits of sunlight in it

we are all glowing ripples

passing through time

reflecting light off the surface

don’t fret, my love,

heaven is required to

reinvent itself daily

as are we

as are we

as are we

and I can’t wait to

see how beautiful

you look the next

time I see you

radiating like

cathedral stained glass

under the glow of your

raw ever-changing

and unashamed

authenticity *********

John Roedel https://www.facebook.com/johnbigjohn

(wondrous art by the incredible Kat Shaw Artist )

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