Gilberto’s pictures and poems

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Finding Inner Peace

In the hush of glowing water’s edge  

My busy mind—soft as drifting leaves—  

Surrenders to the gentle pulse  

Of amber light and whispered breath.

Every ripple becomes a teacher,  

Unveiling truths I’ve longed to know:  

Why I stand between earth’s deep root  

And sky’s outstretched invitation.

Here, in stillness, purpose stirs—  

Answers rising on silent waves,  

Binding heart to nature’s quiet song,  

I become both question and reply.

I watch the tide in patient grace,  

Each crest and fall a lesson told—  

That life unfolds in unseen currents,  

Beyond the grasp of any hand.

So I release the dream of mastery,  

Trusting chaos as a living guide,  

Finding freedom in surrender’s hush,  

And peace within life’s unfurling tide.