I keep sensing this thing
called Love.
The leaves are whispering
something about it right now.
I imagine that when they all
make a sound together like this,
each vibrating in a crisp binding
they have built in this last season of the light–
one they never knew would lead to this–
they hear a sound so beautiful
they flood with joy and forget at last
to hold on.
This is how Love guides itself.
Holiness rises like a flood
to dissolve what only seemed to be.
The leaves drop to the earth.
They are already gone.
It was the sound of each other they heard,
ringing each in each–
the sound of never-ending,
the sound of what
was only ever
One.
Embracing Forever 
Yes! well done, Michael.
We always here the sound of each other long after the event has passed. A reminder of our infinite connection.
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Thank you, Linda! I like the idea that the best reminder of our true nature is what we find in one another… Resounding back and forth…
Peace!
Michael
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You have a wonderful way with words and ideas Michael. I love the idea of leaves falling into nothingness and love! May we all fall into love and oneness.
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Thank you, Brad. Much appreciated! And a lovely prayer you have offered in the end.
Peace
Michael
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peace
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they flood with joy and forget at last
to hold on…. that is an aspirational state, that rapture and light. So beautifully said Michael.
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Thank you, Rajani! I love this idea that somehow in true forgetting, we remember! Glad you enjoyed this piece.
With Joy!
Michael
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“They flood with joy and forget at last to hold on.” What peace and pleasure there is in turning oneself over to the infinite and unending! This is a Lovely reflection here. Xx Ka
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Thank you, Ka! Glad you enjoyed this, and shared in this moment of letting go, and dropping into the Great Flow of Being…
Peace and Love
Michael
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The leaves are falling in love.
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Thanks for this sweet chuckle, Hariod.
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Beautiful, Hariod! A sublime addition… 🙂
Peace
Michael
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Beautiful, Michael.
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Thank you, Kelly! Much appreciated and glad you enjoyed it.
Peace
Michael
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What most exquisite capture of the healing sounds of transformation!! Thank you for revealing this joyful magic, Michael.
Peace,
Kristina
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Glad you enjoyed it, Kristina, and thank you! We truly resonate each in each, and find in one another echoes of our Self!
Peace
Michael
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… flood with joy and forget at last to hold on. This is true love. Letting go completely 💕
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Yes, thank you for that, Val.
Blessings
Michael
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I love this, Michael! Every word. Such a lovely realization. Leaves me feeling Love. Pun intended.
Peace and Oneness,
Mary
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Ha! Thank you, Mary! We hear the sounds of Love in every rustle and honk and bugle of the natural world, do we not!?
Peace
Michael
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As always I am pulled into presence, into peace, into One, by your beautiful words. This is one of the sweetest I think. The way you see the truth behind the ordinary and the expected is an extraordinary gift. Thank you.
Alison
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Thank you, Alison! It is nice to know this pulled you into that holy place within–nice to share that with you. I appreciate your kind words.
Peace and Love
Michael
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leaves me
at peace
to decay
here, smiling,
Michael 🙂
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Ha! Perfect David. To smile through the endless cycle of decay and renewal is a joyful way to be.
Blessings
Michael
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This is beautiful! Harlon
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Thank you, Harlon! Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you’re enjoying this autumn, and that little burst of warmth that rippled through… 🙂
Peace
Michael
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What beautiful imagery, Michael. As Hariod said, the leaves in love, dying together, perhaps the secret aspiration of true love ( at least mine).
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Thank you, Ellen. I’m glad you enjoyed this and found in it the sensation of surrendering (together) to the mystery…
Peace
Michael
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Lovely Poem Michael.. Long may we vibrate upon the same tree.. 🙂
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Thank you, Sue! Yes, indeed. It does make for a beautiful music when we do…
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Thank you Michael
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Such a lovely tribute to autumn. Some see death, but others see love.
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It’s all there for the seeing I think. When I suspend the view of death that we so readily experience, and which is hard to shake, and I see how the wheel turns and seasons give way naturally each to each, I realize how confined a place my mind can be sometimes… 🙂
Peace
Michael
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all one, those happy little leaves living their lives the only way they know how, to be reborn anew come spring as the buds are already setting and getting ready for their coming out party 🙂 I watched a black racer snake this morning, I moved towards him as he wove his way up a shrubby kind of bush and then just lay himself out in the light of the sun, he was watching me sticking his little tongue out but I prefer him above where I won’t step on him and freak, laughing I watched him stretch out and later when I went out, he was gone. The simple little things in life that bring joy, even though i’m petrified of them, he gave me a gift with his just being himself, doing his thing, etc….thank you for this lovely post to add to my already beautifully lovely day 🙂
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Hi Kim,
Yes, nothing can quite match those quiet moments of connection that life provides if we are on the lookout. You stay tuned so effortless to this station of gratitude, which makes everything just right… 🙂 I will follow your lead in holding close the simple things that enliven and illumine and uplift. It is so nice to share those moments with friends!
Peace
Michael
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Thank you Michael,
Your words bolster me tonight when I most needed to hear them….but then again, I believe that’s how it all works….much needed…thank you….you and I are connected in our thinking…energy moves where needed. Please send more when you get a moment💕
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Grateful for this connection, Kim… Have been thinking of you. Your light shines brightly!
Peace
Michael
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Love …..
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Love returned …..
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