Love that Burns, Death that Reveals

Artwork by Andrew Gonzalez

Can’t fight this perpetual perishing any more
Don’t even want things to be like they were before
My face is gathering enough lines to be a roadmap
And my body is clearly more than just a soul-trap
Can’t right this sinking ship
Don’t even want a longer-floating trip
My hands no longer obediently bail
Avoiding death is the surest way to fail
Can’t relight these worn-out candles
Don’t even want to retread my sandals
My heart keeps seeing endless emptiness
And keeps breaking open to hold just this
Can’t ignite what’s gone to ashes
Don’t even want to redo my crashes
My dying flesh brightens as it ages
Freedom keeps on singing in its cages
Can’t fight this endless dying any more
Don’t even want what I wanted before
My hands reach out then return
The circle at last able to freely burn
It was by this that we were haunted
This was what we secretly wanted
And it is to this that we must bow
Deeply fully and exactly now

Poem by Robert Augustus Masters

I wish you could recieve all of the Love that fills my Heart. I wish you could see the Beauty everywhere in everything. Especially in You. Especially in me. This body longs to be held before it perishes. It longs for human touch. This soul wants to be seen. It longs to be witnessed and to shine its light for you.

Gently, Gently I lay my head in the lap of my Mother & melt. My strength is my Heart. My weapon is Love. My stead is the Earth. My soul the Kosmos.

I am here.