“Be more than symbol, strength, and dream. / Be light! Inspire! Revive! / Redeem! (from Phoenix: Salvation)” LightDreamsSurvivalRedemptionResurrectionRebirthRevivalPhoenixBorn AgainReborn Book:The Humbling and Other Poems Source: The Humbling and Other Poems
“you wonder / when you start to rise, / if light exists / outside this night, / but this is how / it all begins: / from darkness / not of any sins... (from Lotus Dreamer)” LightDreamsEnlightenmentAwakeningFlowersDreamingBlossomingDreamersRising UpLotus Book:The Humbling and Other Poems Source: The Humbling and Other Poems
“Let blessings only dwell here, yes, / not one phantasm of the past, / for now begins the exorcism / evicting darkness at long last. (from Renovation of a Soul)” LightPastPoetryDarknessPoemPresentBlessingsSoulsExorcismSpiritual Renewal Book:The Humbling and Other Poems Source: The Humbling and Other Poems
“Old foliage ignores the anxious sun / since dismal winds convince each brittle branch / to hold no moment closely or too long / now shadows spread and all turns silhouette. / But then she smiles, reviving life with light, / and hope may spring eternal one more night. (from April, Autumnal)” LifeLightDeathPoetryFallHopeDyingPoemAutumnLeaves Book:The Humbling and Other Poems Source: The Humbling and Other Poems