“We part the veil on a killing sun. Stray from the straight line on this short run. The more we take, the less we become.” – Sarah McLachlan & Pierre Marchand
For I knew in this world of fire it was my destiny……Still the “world was on fire and it was more than I could handle.” *
The phantoms accompanied me through the real forest to the line of demarcation, that which divides the body from the craving. They were muses, if not daemons, and at times they settled upon my skin as if to travel there. They thought my soul a rest from the long smoke-filled pathway. We walked on to find the shroud. That veil which separates life from the world on fire, and hurls the soul into the blue forest. They whispered that they had been “Lost Boys” too. Unbound in other creations, their worlds scorched by the burdens of fallen men. So, I listened to them, as we passed by the seared headstones near the trail. Those graves of grandfathers, and pioneers, missionaries filled with evil and good will alike. Males of authority, bastards without a story of where or when. Rich and poor men. Those men known to a world on fire, without their boyhood name. Cut in two by lack of identity. A timidity of soul before the vale. Afraid to jump, or believe, and I walked hurriedly by, for I did not wish to know them, or be as them.
The apparitions with me, poked me with memories, as I stumbled through the ash filled undergrowth, reminding me that the delineation boundary was hidden at times, as if G_D wears a mask. I felt myself humbled, bruised, and I did not wish to be hurt or lost anymore. I quickened my pace, as if in doing so I might eliminate those questions that look for hidden responses, when the answers reside in the question itself. As the burning trees consumed the oxygen around me, and in a state of desperation I begged the specters which gave me haunt to know their names. I wished to know them, and with that acquaintance, I alluded myself to think that there was magic. A quickened as it might be. A mirror with a reflection to know whom I was supposed to be. It was then that I stumbled upon an uplifted root and found myself falling. And, as I fell, I heard ten thousand whispers repeating, “We are Legion“, and I knew they did not know their names, as I did not know mine. For I had become them.
I was dropping, falling as the morning star. A burning orb within me, plummeting within and without the world on fire. Plunging as David after the fall. Moving through lives and beyond burning shadows. Failed dreams, and an eternity of futile desire for knowing not my name, or what it meant. For the world was on fire, and every something appeared in a negative sum. A dwindling cool spot under an uncontrollable flame. A crisis that goes without repent. For the night had become the day, and the day the night.
……And I cried out to G_D to judge me, to know me as I am, to amplify my reasons for living under the calmness of her hand. To kiss me, to fill my soul and feel my face. To become me. To believe in me, as I bless the treasure, the mystery that is his hand. To be like Moses, and know it face to face. To be it face to face. For I knew in this world of fire it was my destiny, to be one with the sum.
……And above me was the sound of pleasure, the movement of airborne wings, and what was separated from me, was in me once more. Kissing me in shadows, knowing me in light. For it was eternity beyond the curtain, and I was a child unbroken. I was in the calling, summoned out of a world on fire. I was a man. I was a man. – 10.15.2019 – דָנִיֵּאל
* World on Fire lyrics – Sarah McLachlan & Pierre Marchand
Brother this is incredible! I kneel speechless. All glory to Hashem, you write his word. Den
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Dennis thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am humbled. I agree all glory to Hashem.
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You are welcome. I have read this wonderful piece over and over. It has so much to offer to me as well as others. Shalom, Den
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Wow! ❤
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Thank you Raquel, always thrilled to know you read and comment.
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❤
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Thank you. 🙂
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A well written and interesting piece
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Thank you Roberta, so happy you liked this.
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Dear Daniel, you are a sweet prophet, even when you do not wish to be. Your words here are unbelievable spoken in syllables of a mystic. I am amazed. ❤ Ruby
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Hi Ruby, Thank you for your very kind comment. A ways o go before I reach mystic status me thinks but still honored you think so. 🙂
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Your better than the hogwarts school. 😉
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Good good, I can sleep happily now! 😉
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Your welcome again. 😉
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This is an incredible write. 🙂
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Thank you Jane, so happy you liked this.
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Very welcome. 🙂
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WOW!
Powerful!
So much truth here.
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Patty, Thank you very much for the reblog. Happy you liked this.:)
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Incredibly deep Daniel. You never fail to amaze. ❤ ❤ ❤
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Thank you Heather, always grateful when you read and comment. 🙂
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Dear Daniel, it is fun and a joy to read your work and comment. I look forward to each post. ❤ ❤ ❤
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A well written message to the masses. Thank you!
As individual as we might feel we are, as much as we would escape mortal reality, we are all one big happening.
You are a man. I am a woman. We are both, each and individually, human.
It is of utmost importance to me that you referred to G_D as a female in this prose. “the calmness of her hand.” You should do that more often. It shows the broadness of your take on humanity.
As I read this, Blind Faith was playing in the BG… Can’t Find My Way Home… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJJnA6zEcGk…It worked for me.
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Steve Winwood rocks. Love that song. Thank you Resa. I agree with everything you said so there you go. I purposely incorporated G_D as female, male and it in this piece. Personally G_D for me is energy, undefined by human mind, oh may be a mystic here or there. 😉 That’s just me. 😉
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Great take! 😀
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PS!! Adore Sarah M!
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You and me both. You Canadians and your creativity. 🙂
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It’s the long winters. 😀
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I thought it was the whiskey and …. 🌿 😉
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You sir are amazing when you write. This was depth on so many levels.
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Hi Scott, Thank you for your kind words. Always grateful. 🙂
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Happy to give them, I enjoy your thoughts that you share. 🙂
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Incredible!!!
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Thank you Fiona for your kind compliment and welcome to my blog. 🙂
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Thank you Daniel. I enjoy your writing very much. 🙂
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It seems you have a gift in writing. Brought here by a friend. Will be staying. This meant a lot to me. Thank you.
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Very cool thank you for staying and thank your friend for recommending you do so. Happy you liked this. 😉
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Welcome. 🙂
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Oh Ryan B. sent me over. 🙂
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This spoke to me, I am enamoured with your style and the depth of your words. 🙂
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Hi Chelse, I am so happy you liked this. Thank you for honoring me by reading and commenting.
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My pleasure Daniel. Your writing is amazing. 🙂
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So beautiful Daniel, filled with an honest search for the truth. I loved this. Thank you.
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Thank you Lauren. As always I thank you for reading and commenting. The honest search for truth as you put it, I believe resides in everybody if they are open to it. Some go about it different from what I might. 😉
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Your welcome Daniel. Different is okay too as long as someone finds peace. 🙂
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Daniel, for some reason I missed this when it was posted earlier, but very happy I came across it on the repost. I can identity with so much of what you have written here. The crossing from uncertainty to a comfortable status with the universe. This was one of your most powerful writings. Thank you. Wang
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Hi Wang, Thank you very much, I am happy you identified and liked this piece. i like how you put that, “The crossing from uncertainty to a comfortable status with the universe.
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Your welcome Daniel. I come up with something useful now and then in my thoughts. 😉
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Amazing writing Daniel. 🙂
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Thank you very much Summer. Happy you liked this.
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Dynamic writing, that is multifaceted with its meaning and spiritual depth. No matter your search you can get something deep out of this. I know I did. Thank you.
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Hi Rachel, I am happy you got something from a spiritual depth out of this writing. I appreciate you reading and commenting.
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My pleasure. 🙂
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Daniel, you have once again plumbed the depths of your soul and revealed to all of us who search that everything is going to be okay even when we falter. My favorite line, “And above me was the sound of pleasure, the movement of airborne wings, and what was separated from me, was in me once more.” Thank you.
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Thank you Lynette, You know I always get jazzed when someone pulls a line as a favorite. You are right my friend everything is going to be alright. 🙂
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It is a tenet of my personal faith. 🙂
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Daniel, you have written another piece here that I can strongly identify with and I thank you for that. The imagery of the world especially life as forest on fire and needing relief is something I can strongly identify with. Finding it in the solace of spiritual help is also a great identifier for me. One of your best. respectfully, Bill
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Thank you Bill for your great comment and insightfulnee into what I have written. You amaze me my friend for at times I think you are truly reading my thoughts. Thanks again.
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You are welcome my young friend. Likewise your thought provoking pieces often amaze me at your insight. Bill
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“World on Fire” made me realize I was a “Lost boy” as well Daniel. Working to find my way home. In all seriousness i thank you for this.
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Hi Ryan, I had a feeling you were a lost boy, well you might have told me that before my friend. 😉 Thank you for your wonderful comment.
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Daniel we have been on many an adventure together through your writing as a lost boy. 😉
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And I cried out to G_D to judge me, to know me as I am, to amplify my reasons for living under the calmness of her hand. I can identify with female as G_D. This was truly an amazing piece pf writing. Thank you.
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Thank you Danika, my friend Resa expressed the same thing to me in a comment earlier. To me the identity of G_D is nondescript. I dare not identify or describe G_D for to me G_D is. I can however appreciate what you are saying in identifying G_D as a female. 😉
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From the heart Daniel, where you write at your best. This was great.
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Thank you Darrin, I appreciate your kind comment. I do appreciate you reading always and your thoughtful comments.
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Your quite welcome Daniel, always a pleasure.
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❤ this!!!
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Thank you Deb, really happy you liked this. 🙂
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Daniel, Not much more I can say to top the above comments except thank you, this is a piece I can identify with very much. Thank you for the great hope at the end of it. 🙂
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Hi Steve, actually you said more with the word hope. I appreciate that more than you might know. You got it my friend. 🙂
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Hope is a great word especially when put into action. 😉 You are welcome Daniel.
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Beautiful prose Daniel, like a psalm. Loved the music, one of my favorite Sarah McLaughlin pieces.
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Thank you Tella for your wonderful comment. The Sarah M. piece is a favorite of mine as well. I do appreciate your description of my writing and hope I can always live up to that. 😉
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Very welcome. I like the Mirror ball sessions the best, just a great live album.
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Wonderful Writing.
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Thank you so much for your kind comment Dee Ann. Welcome to my blog.
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Yw! 🙂 & thank u for such a warm welcome.
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