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as you sit in tranquil surroundings
 
meditate on one thought
 

 
as your world slowly stops it's spinning
 
consider what you've been taught
 
 

that pain is only fleeting
 
and time can not be caught
 

From – Of Light and Reflection

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Copyright 1992

Patrick M. O’Neil

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Image: On the trail to San Gorgonio peak in 2007

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Reference: Collection 7, Poem ID= 120