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TheBlissfulRaven.com
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"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live"
~Goethe~
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Image taken by the Author on a South Carolina night
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Shadows Fall
Shadowy silhouettes rise up
Moving slowly with the sun
On a journey to oblivion
Once blackness takes its hold
Secrets held in swirling motion
Profoundly absent in deep sleep
Seeming bigger than life
Under creeping swaths of time
Thoughts ebb in raised processions
On gossamer silken strands
Melting into painted visions
Faint shades of grays and blues
Calm as evening starts to fall
Repeating shadows known
Quietly playing hushed lullabies
In the comfort of solemn nights
Dancing as the movements flicker
Enticing and thought provoking
Messages from other dimensions
Drifting out in slow steady motion
Sleep comes unexpectedly
Tumbling into gentle slumber
Colors full of rainbow dreams
As shadows slip away
© J Anjoun -04/2015
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The room was eerily dark when I was awakened suddenly by a distant foreboding sound. As I jolted up, I felt suspended in thought trying to decipher the situation and a possible outcome, one that would not involve something horrible. I watched in animated disbelief as a shadow fell across the threshold of my chamber. I was paralyzed.
My mind began a rapid series of racing thoughts vacillating between fear or flight and complete terror. Desperately trying to assess the situation as rationally as possible, I focused on keeping my hearing acutely tuned to the dissonant sounds.
Relatively, I realized that somehow time was gravely important to the immediacy of the situation. What time was it? Quickly, my eyes darted to the dresser, where the digital clock displayed the time, 2:22 a.m. I froze in time.
And then the phone rang.
© J Anjoun/03-2017
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The shadow image above is from:
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Nosferatu (1922) [Silent Movie]
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Love and Peace
When I think of all the strife and trouble
In a world like pieces in an unfinished puzzle
I sadly ask myself "where is the love?"
That will help us all break free of
The untold wars, hunger and hopelessness
We share together as humans in distress
In ideologies spiraling out of control
Like particles pulled into a black hole
Unable to set our spirits free
To love one another and just be
Not knowing what the future brings
Rise up and spread your wings
Love everyone pour out your hearts
This is how we begin, how it starts
Change begins with each of us
One act of love and kindness rendered
Multiplies as we humbly surrender
To another human in deepest splendor
Yesterday is over
The future is yet unknown
Love everyone as we take our stands
So human strife will have a closure
And peace will reign across our lands
As we reap the love in seeds we've sown
© J Anjoun/12/2014
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I remember a day like this long ago
Seems like a lifetime or maybe two
Where love and sorrow dually flowed
And life's journey played right through
Peace is now the perpetual theme
As eternity brought the new beginnings
From a life interrupted mid stream
Mounting final flight on golden wings
For those here and present find
In a world of memories stored within
Bringing a nostalgic and peace of mind
As we remember, what has been
© J Anjoun/02-11-/2017
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"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses." ~Plato~
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-All Rights Reserved- 2014-2021
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Raven@theblissfulraven.com
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