{"id":153,"date":"2010-10-22T10:01:11","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T10:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/2010\/10\/freeform-friday-poetry-1.html"},"modified":"2010-10-22T10:01:11","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T10:01:11","slug":"freeform-friday-poetry-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/2010\/10\/freeform-friday-poetry-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Freeform Friday :: Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fall is an easy reminder of impermanence — anicca<\/i>— in Pali or anitya<\/i> in Sanskrit. Change is the rep of autumn. We expect it; we relish it. The changing season can be a great teacher, and metaphor, to the moment-by-moment changing of our experience. Every breath we take is a complete cycle of change–death and resurrection. Every moment is transition and we can know this if we are paying close attention. <\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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I trail run with my Rhodesian Ridgeback several days a week. This year has been particularly glorious and wet. Here are my reflections:<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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\nIt’s the fall time of Fall.
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\nLeaves cover the ground,
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\nthe trail no longer showing
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\nits jutting roots and rocks.
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\nA blanket of color from
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\nthe awning of becoming.
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\n 
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\nI stop catching my breath
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\nto gaze closely at the pulsating color
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\ngreen pushing through green
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\nred pushing through yellow.
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\nShades no artist could imagine,
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\nmore Monet than Monet.
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\nVariegated bliss.
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\n 
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\nWatercolor blessings of rain
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\npassing before my eyes
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\njust as my life is.<\/font>\"Fall_01.jpg\"<\/span>
\nI can dive into this pool<\/font><\/span>where the trail used to be<\/font><\/span>and swim to the horizon.
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\n 
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\nBut I’m too busy for that.<\/font><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/font><\/span>Must keep running,
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\nmust meet the clock when it points north.
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\nPerhaps I’ll return tomorrow
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\nto the spot I left today
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\nand find a new triumph
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\nuntil one day soon
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\nthe hum will quiet into crisp.<\/font><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fall is an easy reminder of impermanence — anicca— in Pali or anitya in Sanskrit. Change is the rep of autumn. We expect it; we relish it. The changing season can be a great teacher, and metaphor, to the moment-by-moment changing of our experience. 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