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Nature's Symbols
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Thursday, January 29, 2026    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Nature’s Symbols

by John Herlihy

 

The wave is powerful,

As it breaks upon the shore.

The sun is powerful,

Yet it sets under earth’s floor.

The bud is powerful,

And beautiful at its core.

The mountain is powerful,

Yet in the ground it quakes.

The dawn is powerful,

Since it light creates.

The flower is powerful,

Yet it withers and dies.

The wind is powerful,

Yet as it blows it sighs.

The word is powerful,

Uttered by the breath.

Life is powerful,

Yet it ends in death.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Sunday 5 October 2025


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Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on February 24, 2026
INDEED, AND THIS BE A NATURAL PHENOMENON THAT SERVES AS A 'REMINDER' OF 'ALL THE GOOD' TO COME. FOR, WE ARE LED TO CONSIDER THE FACTS THAT 'EVERYTHING' CREATED IN THIS EARTH HAS BEEN 'DYING' SINCE THE 'FALL' IN EDEN...AND THE 'END OF EVERYTHING' IS CLOSER NOW THAN IT'S EVER BEEN. THOUGH THIS MAY SOUND MORBID, IT IS ANYTHING BUT, FOR WHEN ALL IS ENDED HERE AS WE KNOW IT, THUS...A NEW EARTH WILL ARISE WHERE 'NOTHING' WILL EVER DIE! WITHOUT ANY QUESTION...THIS IS SOMETHING MARVELOUS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. YOU'VE PENNED ANOTHER 'PROVOKER', MY FRIEND...THANK YOU! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on January 30, 2026
A winding rise of reality for anyone keeping abreast of what is important, never to lose. Well done, John.

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan
Reviewed on January 29, 2026
All very true. Those last two lines hit me unawares, but they are also two of the facts of life. Sometimes we need reminding, I think.

Rebecca


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