The One Who Sees

Who is the one who sees

beyond the pond's ripple

past its reflection too

not as a view through water

or a even a view through you

you who contemplate me now

the one who reads and considers

past the one who writes

what power moves my hand

or even my imagination to have a hand

or my ability to love with passion

all of this fruit hanging low

that blossoms somehow near enough to reach

where I can embrace its sweetness

sucking its sacred nectar into me

as it drips across my virgin face

feeling the pulse of your skin

slithering like a silken snake upon mine

wondering where you end

and where I endlessly begin

or how my closed eyes can see God

reflected in the ripple of your eyes

past the reflection that I call you

where you touch my heart

and show me I am love

just as you are too

teaching me the answer

of he who sees

and knowing

it doesn't matter

because of who it is

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Handfasting Friend

Handfasting friend

who brought together love

sewing two into one

you float here still

alive more now than before

in some way

blooming in our hearts

where you seeded yourself long ago

and I walk with you in the night

on the road that would be dark

but for the light of your kind of soul

my path more clearly lit by you

who gave me another reason to be

reason to see beyond myself

into your heart where I find myself

looking out through your eyes

your eyes no longer bound in flesh

yet seeing clearly what can be

and you are that eternally

my handfasting friend

For So Long

Born were you sweetly

in a twinkle of light

on a morning of dreams

at the end of the night

I looked into your eyes

and all I could see

was the love in your heart

spread as wide as the sea

Your kind words echoed back

to the brave and the meek

you unwrapped all the questions

of those who would seek

And then slowly and fast

a great knowing came clear

you were here in my heart

to help drive away fear

So I sing to you now

in a voice growing strong

thank you for your sweet gifts

that I've searched for so long

My Light Belongs To You

My light belongs to you and not me

I shine my light through you

so that other's might see

my beloved other selves

you make me holy complete

and through you my light radiates without my name

truer in form than when you see it shining from me

just as your light too is more sweet

when reflected through those you love

and because then it has no name

no return address begging a reply

you and I are removed from the streaming beam

because we gave ourselves away

shimmering fully our divinity for free

making no demand or expectation

knowing that our untasted kisses

will multiply as they land

upon unexpecting cheeks

making the world a brighter place

where our children can swim free

and see more clearly

by the light

of their own glowing hearts

and joined hands

that we are one

but in our many

we are all

Love without fear

Love without fear

daring to dream a better dream

accepting that it may crumble
but never fearing its demise
knowing you can survive

if it be your will
and therefore have no need
only desire your dreams to come true
without attaching yourself to what may come

without building protective walls

or padding your cell with pillows

or painting nightmares before they arrive
without lowering your expectations
by dreaming of failures you fear

do not cry before your tears are due
by imagining the unraveling's unbearable pain
for in your fears are hidden the flames
that surely will consume you
and all of your sand castles too
just as surely as your dreams
can build the impossible
when fear is held
in its unwelcome place
and not watered into bloom

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Photo: Bernardo Torrens

Life's Weight

When life leans heavy and long

casting its unclear shadow upon your path

feel love's bottomless fountain flowing

touching tenderly your awaiting cheek
sweetly enrapturing your heart
like a small child lost in wonder
as you feel love's golden chalice
touching your lips gracefully
pouring its honey wine deeply
into your soul's open chest
infusing that titillating fantasy
that should guide your steps
when nobody else is looking
or even if they should be
where only you can see its light
the light that is you
in perfection
untouched
by worldly cares
seeking no reward for the love you give
and receiving that free echo back
a thousand times amplified
repaying no debt
given only to please
no one at all
yet wishing
all should be kissed
by that soft blanket's velvet shimmer
wrapping the world with you
as ambassador of giving
grateful for the moment
transfixed by its splendor
recalling no purpose
other than being
the sunrise
that you are


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Photo: Amazing wonders of the world