our soul is beautiful, o human

JOSH BARNETT

Our soul is beautiful, o humans.

We are flesh and blood and soul.

We are stone worn smooth by the flow of a river

That never knows rest.

We are the night clouds hammered like folded steel

Into swords that carve the stars from the sky,

Swords that cleave the light of the waxing moon.

And our soul is beautiful, o humans.

Watch as our soul grows through time

And kindness and sorrow.

Each teardrop strengthens a muscle in our heart,

Each kiss creates power.

Our children love us and need us,

And we need them even more.

James Lee Jobe

"You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.” 

Thich Nhat Hanh

Weather Report - BIRDLAND 

No life is free of sorrow, so this: may sorrow not turn me to darkness. May I face my sorrow with the light still about me.

James Lee Jobe

"The world is its own magic." 

Shunryu Suzuki

Poet at 67.

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Thanks, James