Poem by Claude Thomas

I have found a light
It shines in your eyes
Thay’s voice,
my words,
Daniel’s drooling.
When I embrace it,
clouds laugh,
the rain comforts
and l feel the energy
at the core of the planet;
help my fear to not be afraid,
help my cowardice
to pass through the veil of maya
knowing that in my blindness
I may see what sight has kept
from my eyes.

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I have found a light
It shines in your eyes
Thay's voice,
my words,
Daniel's drooling.
When I embrace it,
clouds laugh,
the rain comforts
and l feel the energy
at the core of the planet;
help my fear to not be afraid,
help my cowardice
to pass through the veil of maya
knowing that in my blindness
I may see what sight has kept
from my eyes.

Claude Thomas is a Vietnam War veteran who lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

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