The Thrall Of It All

wisdom bestowing

upon a journey

with love growing

in the discovering

the treasure of pleasure

in the giving

and the receiving

to find and be found

lost within the thrall

of a celestial blessing

the all in all

of a unified everything

above and below

to know nothing

but the unbridled thrill

of touching perfection

upon a firm foundation

within the flow

of divine revelation

with love all encompassing

beyond the superficial

and misguided emotion

from an empty spin

upon a cosmic wheel

to realms ethereal

within an empyreal

heavenly deal

the mind temporal

the heart corporeal

yet ever grasping

for the divine

through a portal supernal

lifeโ€™s grandeur

cast from the hand

of all that is to be

and all that has past

with a blast of love eternal

the kind that will last โค๏ธโ™พ๏ธ

~ David B.Redpath ยฉ 2024

โ€œIn the presence of wonder,
the head has no answers and
the heart has no questions.โ€

~ Richard Wagamese

โ€œLove is a canvas furnished by nature
and embroidered by imagination.โ€

~ Voltaire

“The creative person is both more
primitive and more cultivated, more
destructive, a lot madder and a lot
saner, than the average person.”

~ Frank Barron

49 thoughts on “The Thrall Of It All”

  1. Love conquers all David …
    Love Is Not Declined 
    My internal battle is never endingย ย Neither won nor lostย My opponent is my ghostย I forgive with the morning dewย And my regrets are fewย 
    There are two breaths in every momentย ย The first one kisses our heartย The second breath caresses our soulย 
    True love is hard to findย ย And impossible to defineย When found, be exceedingly kindย Love can spellbind your mindย But blindly, love is not declinedย 

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    1. It’s nice to be bedazzled and
      thoroughly conquered, Ivor ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘

      “Love is all there is, it makes the
      world go ’round.” ~ Bob Dylan

      “If she’s amazing, she won’t be easy.
      If she’s easy, she won’t be amazing.
      If she’s worth it, you won’t give up.
      If you give up, you’re not worthy ….
      Truth is, everybody is going to hurt
      you; you just gotta find the ones worth
      suffering for.” ~ Bob Marley

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    1. Thank you, Destiny ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜Ž
      Coincidentally, I now regret leaving out
      the words, ‘freedom of destiny’, but I felt
      the need to tread carefully when it comes
      to matters of poetic fate ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ

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      1. You have the advantage, Timothy
        . . . a quality camera ๐Ÿ“ธ Linda and
        I are using just our camera phones๐Ÿ“ฑ
        “Like trying to catch the deluge in
        a paper cup.” ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿต๐Ÿ‘€

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  2. Maya Angelou – โ€œLove recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.โ€ โ˜ฎ๏ธ ๐Ÿ’• happiness

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  3. Being a Dylan fan..I agree(and being a romantic too)
    โ€œLove is all there is, it makes the world go โ€™round.โ€
    Love to see people in love and you were blessed with the words to write about it too:)

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    1. Greatly appreciated, Karima.
      I do consider myself to be among
      the lucky few to have found a love
      that’s true ๐Ÿ’› (not to mention being an
      acolyte of the prophet, Bob Dylan ๐Ÿ˜Ž).

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    1. Very much appreciated, Shruti ๐Ÿ™
      Linda has a heart of gold ๐Ÿ’›
      but sadly I’m showing all the signs of
      having lived a hard life full of trouble
      and strife ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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    1. Thank you, Iris ๐Ÿ™
      They say that beauty is in the eye of the
      beholder ๐Ÿ‘๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ and it is true, as I get
      to behold my lovely Linda ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ˜Ž

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    1. My pleasure. Jah bless you, Pat ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜Ž
      If it wasn’t for my genetic predisposition
      (being Anglo-Celtic) I would’ve become a
      Dharma Rastafarian. Call it multi-cultural
      inappropriate appropriation ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ
      You had a true icon of freedom for a
      fellow countryman … Respect โ˜ฎ๏ธ

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