YOUR DEFECTS

An empty mirror and your worst destructive habits,
when they are held up to each other, that's when the real making begins.

That's what art and crafting are.
A tailor needs a torn garment to practice his expertise.

The trunks of trees must be cut and cut again so they can be used for fine carpentry.
Your doctor must have a broken leg to doctor.
Your defects are the ways that glory gets manifested.

~ Rumi ~
Our Days in Paradise

What if the rays of sun came forth
To give us paradise
But since we are so busy
We missed its early rise.

What if the rainbow is a covenant
Which gives way for us to dream.
Not knowing this has kept us
From  achieving greater things.

What if we are much more than ought to
And think that we’re half instead
Could it be that live is truly precious
And have failed to embrace?

We spend our days filled with hate
And yet we are amazed
To see our world spiraling down
Covered in its haze.

The game of lust we play with ease
Not knowing what we do
But yet we find no way to stop
The madness that this gives.

We neglect to see the joy
That love can surely bring
And spend our days in paradise
Not knowing what we feel.

Entire lives are left behind
Without the joyful sound
Of having loved and knowing well
That this is what we are.

Go deep inside your covered walls
And brake the walls you’ve built
And find the peace that’s in your heart
Waiting to be freed.

Life is a gift that must be shared
And given as it comes
Free and boundless as the stars
That guide us from above.


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Rina A González
8/24/04
Violet

Pretty flower that adorns
With your essence all my being
Don’t give of yourself to those
Who don’t understand the meaning.         

You are the magical one
You are the gift of this my garden.
You are the essence of love
That transforms my soul to gladness.

You know what each day will bring
As the sun comes from the east
Touching each one of your petals
As they open and receive.

Don’t give of your energy
To those that don’t see your worth.
Remember that you are free
As the air that you breathe.

Free you are and free you’ll be
Till the end of time itself.
So grow beautiful and wise
O, Violet of my embrace.

For in time you will give the world
The blessings that you posses.
But for now, rejoice my soul
In the garden that awaits.


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Rina A González
8/23/82 Translated 10/26/02
“I AM DIVINE”

In the quiet moments of the morning
When I rise and greed the day anew
I contemplate my life in solemn prayer
And give thanks for all, the old and new.

Into the heart, the road that holds all memories
That holds the imprints of moments long ago,
I see myself as fresh as dew from heaven
Pristine at last I am to love and mold.

And so this morning as I gaze at life unfolding
I thank God for each moment that I’ve lived
For now I know that in this present moment
I am Divine my Lord, and always will.


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Rina A González
Orlando, FL
June 8, 2005
Simple Meanings!


A flower….a thought.
An inspiration….a glance.
A trust…. a desire,
A love….a true friend.

A tune… an ambition.
A poem….words that rhyme.
A vision…. fulfillment.
A quest….has no end.

A child…. its sweetness.
A tree….its shade.
A cloud is a dream
A star a new day.

Triumph a false god.
Defeat the same.
A winner feels humble,
A loser complaints.

A cheer….applause
The crowd….dissipates
Emotions….a longing
Belonging….a yearn.

A candle is hope
Its light reveals
That we are all One
And we can be healed.


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Rina A González
9/27/82
Words that Rhyme!