Heaven and Earth...living in both worlds.

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Much of my writing
speaks to homecoming.
It speaks to the call
our souls hear
above and beyond
this physical life.

When I feel most at peace
I lose my connection
to time and space
and am just
simply present.

We are spirit
trying to live
within a physical
realm.

And so we are faced
with the paradox
of life and death,
heaven and earth,
love and fear.

We are constantly
pulled between
the extremes of life
trying to find
a balance between.

I am not sure
we will ever
achieve balance
for to find balance
you must be thrown off of it
from time to time.

For me
life is like the tides,
like the seasons,
like the breath.

It is always
changing
and renewing.
It is a gift
of rebirth
in every moment.

I know
that joy
will pass
and so to
will sorrow.

It is this dance
between the spirit
and the physical
which is life.

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Above and Below
Robert Montgomery

Why do I love so deeply
yet hold back at times
afraid of drowning
in such tempestual waters?

The surface of love
would seem to be so,
unsure, shifting with the wind,
the only order being chaos.

Yet beneath it all
is the great and mighty sea,
supporting, comforting,
holding every golden moment
safe and gentle.

Cool
within it depths
all is here.
Nothing is lost
to the surface storm
of time.

The illusion is all
when I live here
above love
not sinking down
into its welcoming embrace.

Above
there can be loss
confusion
and heartbreak.

Yet here
is where I must live
and love
laughing and crying
with the wind.

Dancing
and rejoicing
within times
seeming mastery.

A duality
of one
for one is part
of the other.

Life is of love
and love is life.
There is no above or below
where all is one.