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Guest Author

Susan Rogers - Author and Poet


The Origin is One


Picture
Searching (The Dove) by Susan Dobay

 

The Origin Is One

for Kotama Okada

 

The dove knows the way

follow her.

 

Your heart knows the way

listen well.

 

Within your deepest self

are wings of light.

 

They cover the earth

with waves of love.

 

Do you remember?

You once knew.

 

Stand in the warmth

of sunlight and recall.

 

The origin of the world

is one.

 

The origin of religions

is one.

 

The origin of all

mankind is one.

 

Circle back.

Imagine the great will

 

of all things

stirring in your fingers.

 

Reach out your arms

and open your palms

 

to the sky.

It is time.

 

 

 

 

Susan Rogers

Copyright 2012


Susan Rogers considers poetry a vehicle for light and a tool for the exchange of positive energy. She is a practitioner of Sukyo Mahikari— a spiritual practice that promotes positive thoughts, words and action. She is also a photographer and a licensed attorney. Her poems were part of the 2010 Valentine Peace Project and have been performed at museums and galleries in Southern California. Her work can be found in the book Chopin and Cherries, numerous journals, anthologies and chapbooks Her work can be heard online or in person as part of the audio tour for the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California. 

The learn more about the work of artist Susan Dobay' please go here.
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