The Wonder Of Self-Emptying Poem by Fred Rik Kesner

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The Wonder Of Self-Emptying

To empty is not to vanish.
It is to pour the vessel
until the air itself
becomes a listener.

What remains is not absence
but a widening —
a room where another voice
may enter and be heard.

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Fred Rik Kesner

Sunday, October 5, 2025

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