An unreceived Present

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still pond

agape in every

moment …

when will we quiet

the chorus in our heads?

How can it be?

How can Love be present, and waiting only for the asking? How can the Presence be such a gratuitous gift? Impossible!

And yet, I have tasted the gift, and seen without seeing. I can still feel the wind tease my hair, and the surf sing to me, at Tintagel. When I breathe, and let myself be still, that is.

But all to often, I carry the corpse of my grief into each day, no matter how many times I collapse under its weight. I become lost in the cacaphony of voices that assault me from without and within. I hold so tightly to what I think I need that I forget to let go and receive what I truly require.

Yet, there it is. Love, waiting ever so patiently for me. As scandolously impossible as that is.

soft breeze

pondering the mystery

of agape …

when will I quiet

the chorus in my head?

for COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 97, “LOVE & TIME,” #SYNONYMSONLY

Kiwinana’s #Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 109 – Mystery & Pondering

Real Toads’ The Tuesday Platform (imagined by Sanaa Rizvi)

Poets United Poetry Pantry #416 (posted by Mary)

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27 responses to “An unreceived Present”

Colleen Chesebro

August 16, 2018

Wow!! You’ve blown me away, again, Frank. Excellent poetry and prose. Your words express emotions and passion. Wow!!

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  August 16, 2018
  
  Thank you, Colleen! I appreciate that.
  
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kiwinana

August 16, 2018

Enjoyed reading this post very much. Thank you, my friend have a great day.

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  August 16, 2018
  
  Thank you, Elsie! You, too.
  
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Riverside Peace

August 16, 2018

🦋 Enjoyable read. Stunning.

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  August 16, 2018
  
  Thank you! 😀
  
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  1. Riverside Peace
    
    August 16, 2018
    
    You’re welcome.
    
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sanaarizvi

August 17, 2018

Love is definitely somewhat like a “chorus” in our heads.. it stays with us through sun and storm and grows stronger as we progress in life. ❤

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magicalmysticalteacher

August 19, 2018

Quieting the chorus in one’s head is not an easy task, is it? I think that’s why breathtaking moments are given to us, moments in which we will just shut up and the chorus in the head will be still.

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anmol(alias HA)

August 19, 2018

Ah, this is so evocative. Even in beauty and the wondrous embrace of pleasure, the chorus goes on. It is so hard to let go of all the burdens we carry within us. But you have captured that sweet moment when it is easier to bear so well.
-HA

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  August 19, 2018
  
  Thank you! 😀
  
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gillena cox

August 19, 2018

Oh this is so beautiful so candid so pure
Happy Sunday. FRANK

Much🌼love

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Vivian Zems

August 19, 2018

The ‘too good to be true’ agape- ness( if that’s a word) of this poem catches my imagination. Bravery is required, I believe.

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Sherry Blue Sky

August 19, 2018

This is brilliantly wise, Frank. Especially the weight of grief being borne, “holding so tightly to what I think I need that I forget to…receive what I truly require.”

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Mary

August 19, 2018

Love waiting ever patiently – I really like that image!

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Wendy Bourke

August 19, 2018

Loved this wonderfully rendered – and wise – tanka prose piece. A pleasure to read!

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oldegg

August 19, 2018

What beautiful introspection. And what better place to sit and think that stunning water garden.

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August 20, 2018

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  August 20, 2018
  
  Thank you, Colleen! 😀
  
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Rosemary Nissen-Wade

August 20, 2018

I think it takes daily practice.

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  August 20, 2018
  
  Indeed! Thanks, Rosemary! 😀
  
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Vashti Q

August 20, 2018

Hello Frank! There is a clear distinction between how the love of God makes us feel as opposed to emotional or carnal love. Beautiful prose and poetry and brilliant use of the prompt words. 😀

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  August 20, 2018
  
  Thank you, Vashti! 🙂
  
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August 21, 2018

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Magaly Guerrero

August 21, 2018

I’m a week late, I know… but I wanted to catch up anyway.

I think the phrase “scandalously impossible” might be one of the best ways I’ve ever seen to describe love. I love that it can mean something terrible, or something wonderful, or something… that can’t be quite conceived but that still is. Just like love. Brilliantly phrased.

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  August 21, 2018
  
  Thanks, Magaly! I appreciate it! 😀
  
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