  "Akushtama"
Original oil painting - 24" x 30"
© 1997 by Valerieann J. Skinner
Into the Future
Walk out of the past,
Leave your worries behind,
For they truly are only
A piece of your mind.
Move into the present
Wherein you will find
The joy of living
More gentle and kind.
Now into the future
Your visions to know,
Harvesting bounties
From seeds you did sow.
—Valerieann J. Skinner © 1997
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 "The Pearl Within"
Original oil painting - 36" x 30"
© 1999 by Valerieann J. Skinner
The Flower Within
We were flowers of exquisite beauty,
Each one when first we arrived,
Soon covered with falsehoods aplenty,
The blossom soon withered and died.
Still; contained within each is a record
Of the most precious truth of our Being,
All waiting for us to discover
The joys that this knowledge will bring.
As we look deep within to uncover
The truths that are there to be found,
We will see that the seed of the flower
Is already well deep in the ground.
Embracing that seed in the center,
The child within waiting there,
With joy soon we will discover,
The full blossoming flower still there!
Valerieann J. Skinner © 1997
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 "Riding the Wave
of Awareness"
Original oil painting - 36" x 30"
© 1999 by Valerieann J. Skinner
Moving Forward
Facing obstacles.
Standing tall amidst adversity.
Gathering energy, courage, and confidence.
Empowerment arriving from within.
Arising to the occasion.
Overcoming fear and opposition.
Balanced and aligned to the divine.
Climbing with strength to the top.
Moving forward with sureness.
Rolling into the future,
Propelled by the last challenge.
Moving into the next with greater ease,
Further into the light...
Into oneness.
—Valerieann J. Skinner ©1997
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 "The Seal"
Original oil painting - 36" x 30"
© 1997 by Valerieann J. Skinner
Returning
The Dove of Peace and Love
Is now come forth
From the heart of the earth
With her colors of joy,
Gathering all who are returning
To the heart,
Bringing them back—
. . . into oneness,
. . . into wholeness,
. . . into the divine self,
. . .into the Love of God.
For we are Love.
© 1997 Valerieann J. Skinner
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 The Spark
Original oil painting - 16" x 20"
© 1995 by Valerieann J. Skinner
Bless me...
With energy...
With the spark of life.
Fire my body with excitement...
Love...Joy...and Laughter.
Fill me with more than enough of this spark...
That it will jump from me to others.
—Valerieann J. Skinner © 1997
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 Busting Out
Original oil painting - 24" x 30"
© 1995 by Valerieann J. Skinner
I feel trapped,
contained within
a box of negative emotions,
unable to escape.
I see a ray of hope,
a light through
an opening,
the love of God
encompassing me.
I feel a release
of feelings that have bound me.
I'm busting out
and letting go.
Once again,
I am embraced
with love, forgiveness,
and the joy
of my true Self!
Valerieann J. Skinner © 1997
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 Mother Earth
Original oil painting - 24" x 36"
© 1996 by Valerieann J. Skinner
Re-united As One
In Mother Earth's womb,
Created were we.
Re-connecting to her,
She opens wide to receive.
To our keys she will yield,
Doors no longer sealed.
In her warmth and love,
We are verily healed.
With awareness of Mother,
And connection to Father,
A newness of life,
And restoration of power.
Re-united as One,
The return of the Son.
We can now truly BE,
Through all eternity.
—Valerieann J. Skinner © 1996
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 Our Uniqueness - Our Oneness
Original oil painting - 24" x 36"
© 1995 by Valerieann J. Skinner
Uniquely One
All of us originate from the same tree,
Branches, uniquely turning and twisting.
Variety, giving the tree beauty,
Each of us adding our gifts.
Uniqueness, yet oneness,
Reaching toward the same Heaven.
—Valerieann J. Skinner ©1997
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