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“If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity,
to the small things hardly noticeable, those things
can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke —
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the dragon came to visit me today,
it had happened once before, several years ago
while in France visiting the Mont St.Michelle,
and now today again, i awoke to see the non
ordinary cloud looming majestic and brilliant
off in the distance, at first i only nonchalantly
noticed it, but as the day wore on and it
slowly approached i began to feel its presence,
as i worked, mid-afternoon at the local cafe,
sitting there in the bright sunlight, i noticed
just outside the window, raindrops, i wondered
at this for several moments, for the rain only
seemed to be falling just outside of the window
in front of me, several steps beyond, it was
clear and sunny all about, i turned and looked
behind me out the back of the cafe, and the
same rain drops, for twenty feet or so, i
asked the man behind me if he noticed
the same peculiarity, and he did, i got
up and went outside to witness the
phenomenon, and low and behold,
sure enough, it was raining upon
the cafe, and no where else, the
dark luminous cloud had come
to rest directly over my favorite
cafe where i sat each day now for
many weeks, a fifty foot circle of
rain, directly over my head, i laughed
slightly and went back inside to
continue my work, the rain lasted
for thirty minutes, strange, but the
cloud simply did not leave, it was
dark and bright and billowing around
its edges, after two hours i decided
to quit my work and walk outside
a bit to better see what was occurring,
i walked the ten blocks to the ocean,
the cloud followed and then jutted
off into the see reaching towards the
sunset, a deep orange red glow that
sharply illuminated this strange heavenly
body, many came to the water to view
the wondrous sight for it was truly
breathtaking, the sun burned a cut
across the water's edge as it set upon
the dark never-ending multitude of
waves, the cloud reached out across
the sea and in its wake was a deep
shadow, yet all else was filled with
the rich blue waters of a sunlit sky,
there were no other clouds about
but this one long rambling dragon,
i walked along the bluff overlooking
the pacific horizon, the cloud followed,
i left the shoreline and walked inland
towards my home, the cloud followed,
when darkness of night finally descended
so too had the cloud vanished completely
and the sky was filled with stars rich and
clear, it was a cold cold day and evening,
a cold that reminded me of my home
far to the east, i felt my chest rippling with
the charge of energy, pure energy, i knew
i would meditate this evening in a calm
stillness till i could feel my own peaceful
center again, so much i had seen in those
moments when the dragon communed
with my soul,
Arthur,
2001,
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the storm approaches,
Arthur,
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Arthur Paul Levine ©
v.01/02/04.01a
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