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Kim Nelson's avatar

For reasons I never understood, the phrase I AM first entered my writing when I was 12. I am now 66 and still, she shows up. I AM grateful for her gentle reassurance. 🙏🏻

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Mary Pierce's avatar

Beautiful!

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Kim Nelson's avatar

Thank you, Mary! So grateful you've come, read and commented.

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Ann Collins's avatar

💛🔥💛

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Mary Roblyn's avatar

Love the way the ending resounds, either the challenge to “Fact check this.” Nice, Kim.

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Kim Nelson's avatar

Thank you, Dear Mary. Any time I get a comment from you I feel like I've hit the mark.

Despite rules that tell us to "trust the reader" and "leave space for exploration", my poems often demand a bell-ringing at the end. I acquiesce. 😉

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Mary Roblyn's avatar

I’m so glad you do. ❤️

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Laura Pendell's avatar

Hi Kim

as a woman with a zen practice for over 30 years all that you wrote here rings true. 🙏🙏🙏

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Kim Nelson's avatar

Thank you, Laura! A decades-long zen practice alters a person in the most wonderful ways. I can tell you are one.

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Laura Pendell's avatar

it was most definitely life changing in many ways

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Neil Barker's avatar

I like the mention of the sacred spark in everything and how everything is connected. The I AM in this poem reminds me of "I Am That" by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. A nice read on non-duality.

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