Norah Tunney Poems

Every morning
I fall into the mystery
and feel life through the stillness
I am a child again
...

When I look into your face
and see
the sadness
behind your smile
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There are nights
when I wake up
with alarming thoughts
in my head
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Even in the middle of a crazy day,
even when you're mind seems to be running away,

even when life seems to be falling apart,
...

It's the light in everything

It's the light in everything
that breaks your heart,
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He is sleeping now
his shaved head bent over like a monk in prayer,
I feel the holiness of the moment
and rest deep
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Holy is this ground-
and this tender ache
that carves it's way
into the written word,
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I see life through the eyes of death
and death through the eyes of life,
this is the thing that feeds my soul,
and gives life to these mortal bones.
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Born for these times.

This is not the time
to mind our own business,
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How can you touch the magnificence of love in a lifetime?
there is no container
big enough to hold a drop
of this Eternal Beauty,
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