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I am called by name

By: Christi Ortiz

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I hear the Vastness whisper my name

This name pierces all false illusions

Revealing reality by its echoes

It is not the name I have known since birth

For that is a false identity that passes away with the wind

As I listen to the faint call, I realize

I am the Vastness that beckons me

 

Christi Ortiz
Christi Ortiz
Christi Ortiz is a licensed marriage and family therapist by profession and a poet by passion.  She enjoys trying to put to words to that which is wordless and give voice to the dynamic and wild spiritual journey called life. She lives in Spokane with her husband and two children, Emmanuel and Grace. She loves the outdoors and meditating in the early mornings which gives rise to her poetry.

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