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Some point to the edge of the world,
Others to the end of time.
Still others dig deep into the ground
while some look to the stars.
A seer reads signs and portents in bones.

Perhaps the answer was written in the dust
on some ancient chalkboard of long ago.
Or maybe the answer fell like ash from the sky
after some tremendous volcanic eruption 
leaving an arm raised forever with a question.
Or maybe fallow fields await some future ripeness
as the answer begins to settle upon new ground.

We wait, pondering what it all means,
asking and spinning off answers 
at a dizzying pace, never quite believing
that we have been placed with careful attention
as an answer to all questions.

A Rainbow With Hands

A morning tear on my cheek begins my day.
Am I tired out from yesterday's chase after answers
or saddened the answers remain in the dark?
It has been said by those who know,
We must choose to live with the questions.
I am glad the ache in my heart and the ache in my head
remain the same from one year to the next.
I still demand the same though time moves on.
And a precious daughter writes me notes of love
and a drawing of a rainbow with hands.

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Seek beautiful dialogue
on the nature of answers.

The greatest possible number of answers
should not create the smallest number of questions.

Adequate answers should never satisfy
those who seek to live at the edge of time.

Beware of answers creating
a numbing of the mind.

Divine movement does not hide in answers
but in questions asked in awkward moments.

Answer Location

Practice to perform, says life's manual.
Many pages remain to be filled before 
it is time to close the little black book.
Perhaps today will be the day
when no clues are necessary to learn 
a search to find the answer
lies not outside on some forgotten doorstep
but very close to the heart.

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There is great irony when the proclaimers 
of one way encounter many paths to the
mountaintop.  The shadowed slice of the moon
creates itself in our eyes.  Who can tell how phases
exist solely in relation to movement around the sun?
Atonement found on the cross can also be found
whenever you set off to forage in the wilderness
for something you lost on the day of your birth.
Awareness and light both have infinite gradations
so do not worry about being a perfect caretaker
to those in need of attention at all times.  Simply
promise to yourself upon stepping outdoors
to explore your own freedom, opening your arms
to the realm where answers seem less important.