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REFLECTIONS
At the Cloud’s Gate
sun-kissed princess blessed by Queen Nanny
descending through icy heavens under Odin’s gaze
eyes all around me captivated by beauty’s night
almond eyes, skin of onyx, hair wooly and lush
my only thought: “here I abide, at the cloud’s gate”
surrounded by colors, pigments all the same hues
longing for someone to reach me,
without having to lose
motherly love and fatherly guidance teaching me their ways
shearing sheep and bailing hay
sweet farm life: langerod 13, sivendal
i spoke with conviction, played with passion, learned with fervor
i reached out and received all, and more, than I had given
love, loyalty, compassion, and trust they gave me
and i returned these offerings in my belonging
and in all my longings for our time as family
to never end…
maintaining closeness, folding times and spaces
walking into my journey always seeing their faces
climbing up beckoning hills with them in mind
coasting down into green valleys with them to find
hills painted, night sky sparkling
we never leave each other
instead we wait to be together
again sisters, brothers, father and mother
Preparing to leave Denmark, La-Verne Parris hugs her
host mother, Lis Brandt.
—La-Verne Parris
La-Verne Parris, also known as “the Miracle Worker,” is an Amazon.com best-selling author, life
coach and educator sought out by actors, athletes, musicians, writers and artists for her unique and
uncanny ability to guide them to their next levels of self-actualization. Parris insists that with each client’s
successes, everything they have accomplished was already within them.
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