4-5-21

There is more to this than time and distance,

There is more to us than flesh and bone.

When I try too hard I create resistance,

When I control too much I end up alone.

Giving up the old ways is never easy,

Shame and fear is safer than risk and trust.

But life’s an adventure, and always remember-

In the end it’s all dust to dust.

THE TUESDAY NIGHT

Seeing myself in everyone I meet, I seek out those who are like me.

Then you walked in – unannounced, unexpected, unwanted.

When you said your name, I knew you even less

But I heard you for the first time.

You were hard to look at, and even harder to see.

You are not here to be looked at, you are not here to be heard.

You are here to be known.

You don’t live life – you burn it –

You have consumed me and I will never let you go.

You are what I won’t let myself be.

You are purpose and balance in this holy mystery.