Enlightenment
Looking for God's Face
By E. Raymond Rock
Feb 1, 2008

In a bubbling stream,

And a lonely wind,

That whispers

Through an endless night.

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In the crying of a baby,

And its anxious mother,

That whispers

'Till it's light.

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At the end of a rainbow,

And the start of the journey.

And the end of a lifetime,

With the last breath of a one and only.

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When I notice a leaf,

All brown and fallen down,

And others in its stead,

Budding green all 'round.

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Below a bridge,

Where homeless sleep,

And somewhere below my pride,

Where my heart cares deep.

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Inside a movie reel,

All but run down,

And a life still spinning quickly,

But now almost gone.

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Behind the mask of self-righteousness,

Where ignorance remains,

And behind that wall of fear,

Where unconditional love still reigns.

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While I am asleep,

And all is quiet and immense,

And then when I am dreaming,

The dreams of innocence.

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By the side of the road,

Where beggar's eyes look down,

And all who pass their way,

Fail to see their crowns.

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As I toil in my fields of dreams,

And pray for better days.

And long for my release,

In an unrelenting haze.

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On a bridge at night,

And a moon in flight,

With a sky spewing diamonds,

And all around such light.

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Along a trail,

A mountain track,

Where we see anew,

And never go back,

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Until my breath is gone,

And the world no longer spins,

And when I know for sure,

There's no such thing as sins.

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In front of every door,

Before the bell is rung,

And everything we do,

And every song that's sung.

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Around each care,

That ripples through our lives,

And every friend and foe alike,

And every love and strife.

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Where no one else dare tread,

The land is far too strange.

Yet in my heart I know,

This is where I change.

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Above the end,

As far as it can go,

And then a little further,

Where no one ever knows.

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And then beyond the boundaries,

Of everything there is,

For God's face is found there,

And yours is simply His.