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Author Archives: Bob OHearn
Testament
I arrived during the time of the Blue Galactic Storm, taking this specific form so that I could find You. I knew that You would always recognize me since I have never been other than You, though I appear … Continue reading
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That Wordless Thing
While caressing you to sleep last night I slipped silently into my own dream. Sometimes I remember dreams, mostly I forget — either way it doesn’t seem to matter. Tonight, strands of evidence gathered through my senses during … Continue reading
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The Distance Between Earth and Heaven
If the way to the Heart’s verdant oasis were a route marked on some paper map, I’d say, “Burn that fraud of an atlas!” If the Mystery could be grasped by the mind that reads road signs, it wouldn’t … Continue reading
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The Kiss
She stood on the front porch admiring the orchid blossoms. Her care and patience had yielded a beautiful specimen. Now that the cooler autumn weather had arrived, they would last much longer, she thought to herself. There was … Continue reading
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The Last Song of the Kauai O’o
(The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō was the last member of the ʻōʻō family of birds from Hawaii. The entire family is now extinct.) I slipped into your dream last night. You gave me this gracious permission in that pre-existence before pronouns. Sifting … Continue reading
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When I First Read Something You Had Written
August 12, 2025 When I first read something you had written online, I knew that the only possible form of relationship we could enjoy together would be one of mutual expanding divine recognition. I would recognize you as the manifestation … Continue reading
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The Note
If you glanced out your front window and saw me walking towards your door, you might imagine that you know me, that I have a familiar look, a friendly face when you least expected to see or know one — … Continue reading
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The Old Lines
There is a hidden meadow deep in the forest. It is a secret place where some weary ghosts go who want to forget their sad time in human form, want to forget how the humans poisoned each other, want to … Continue reading
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The Sound of Me with You
There’s a poem I cannot write — I just don’t have the words. What lyrics could ever fit themselves into a silence that lovingly swallows them whole before they reach an ear? This song came before any ears, … Continue reading
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The Sound That Makes Love
Within the sea of pure potentiality, the ocean of consciousness, an energetic resonance precipitates movement, spawning waves and ripples which intersect and mingle, rise and fall. This one dynamic impulse reverberates within itself, birthing the totality of universal manifestation … Continue reading
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