In the Pause
I never believed in god
Until I saw her
In the pause
When I exhaled
and didn’t breathe in
Right away
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I never believed in god
Until I felt her
Energy
shooting out of my fingertips
After dancing my heart out
sweating at 7am surrounded by 300 of the tribe
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I never believed in god
Until I realized
That it was
really
Just that
I didn’t believe in myself
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Now that I can see
I cannot un see her
Un see me
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The power
That I hold
That sits between my head and my feet
In my heart
In my lungs
In every single cell
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And now
-
I see her everywhere.
I see god everywhere.
I see me in everyone.
and everyone in me.
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I never believed in god
Because I didn’t believe I was worthy
Of such a love
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But we are not human
Having a divine experience.
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We are divine -
having a human experience.
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And in this moment
In the pause
Everything changed.
Humboldt Redwoods, 2018 - Mark Armstrong