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Wings Unfurled
Now
I am ready
to be lit as a flame;
Now
I am a wick
waxed for the match.
Now
I am ready
to be deeply immersed;
Now
I am wood
porous for the river.
Now
I am ready
to be planted anew;
Now
I am a seed
germinating for the soil.
Now
I am ready
to soar off the cliff;
Now
I am wings
unfurled for the thermal.
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Three Dark Horses)
"I am the darkness which brings the light!"
My Spiritual Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: I wrote this poem before I moved to Portland, Oregon from Salt Lake City, Utah. And, although I do not remember the particular circumstances that inspired this poem, I do remember feeling ready to heal, because I was ready to face whatever I had to face in order to heal.
And this poem was also published on my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."
This poem was written in Salt Lake City, Utah.
-Paulee
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
P.S.: If you are interested in reading all of the posts in the series I wrote that include the poem "Wings Unfurled" from the above-mentioned blogs, which are listed under the post title, "For Who I Truly Am, Part 1" through "For Who I Truly Am, Part 6" on my "Small All White in the Forest" blog, as well as listed under the post title, "Who I Truly Am, Part 1" through "Who I Truly Am, Part 6" on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog, please see the hyperlinks below:
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com/search/label/For%20Who%20I%20Truly%20Am
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/Who%20I%20Truly%20Am
P.P.S.: If you are interested in reading all of the posts in the series I wrote that include the poem "Wings Unfurled" from the above-mentioned blogs, which are listed under the post label, "Grieving and Healing" on both of my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs, please see the hyperlinks below:
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com/search/label/Grieving%20and%20Healing
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/Grieving%20and%20Healing
P.P.P.S.: If you are interested in reading all of the posts in the series I wrote that include the poem "Wings Unfurled" from the above-mentioned blogs, which are listed under the post label, "Heal(ing)" on both of my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs, please see the hyperlinks below:
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com/search/label/Heal%28ing%29
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/Heal%28ing%29
This "Three Dark Horses" Post No. 017 was edited on May 5th, 2024.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
