Snapshot

A breach

Subtle as a breath

Whisks a fraction of time

Away from its stream

Leaving behind a silent frame

In the wake of its run.

Surrounding the stillness

With a wisp from memory

Lies this magnificent trick

From the present

To graze the past

And smile the light of day

In futures to come.

This pause

Symbolic

And deliberate

Endures

Living through each moment

Deepening its well

Of character and life

Of mystery and wonder

And displaying that catch of a second

Cupped in the hands of Time.

That snapshot

Weathered and rusted

Clutches that sacred fragment

Of the occasion

Designed by the moment

To outlive its existence

And to persist the breadth of each new day

Sharpening its splendor

And washing all those

Gazing mutedly within it

With delicate ecstasy

Diffused by the unmalleable reality

Of a Present, from the Past

Playing like a projection

And perceiving the miracle

That Change,

Time's old mate

Devises.

Each particle

Solidifies in the mind

To create its brilliant station

As a recollection

Sanctified

And accomplishes its absolute

In function

Intention

And purpose.

This animate spot

Spills into a tranquil halt

To be perpetually frozen

In its truth

And simplicity

Contained within

And experienced

Witnessed

As an incredulous marvel

Through its image.

Illusion

Singing away the clean melody

Only replicated by the seas

Where winds rescue the waves from each other

Simmer and flow

From one to the next

Feeling the delicate spray across his face

From the seas who shake hands with the rocks

He stands within the scene

Understanding its illusion

Its' substituting for the truth

The skies freeze in the shades of black

The dark of the night

The sheet of twinkling sprinkled across the charcoal expanse

It's real

Yet it's not

Just like the air around him

This, with it's partner, the mist

Capturing swirls and waves

Through and through

In and out of its fabric

To quell itself into bouts of silence

Where everyone just pauses

And purses

To enliven the contrast

Between their activity and temperance.

He watches it slow

And shake up its pace

And sleep down again

Into a wistful bliss

Be he is not fooled

By its simplicity

Nor beauty

Nor grace

Nor touch.

He knows the truth

The one that lingers within

And tempers this existence with that

He stays aware

And completes it in his mind

That the truth is only One

No matter how solid its alternative may seem

He knows

That each particle is an illusion

Despite its density
Despite its sense

And he can persist

In the purity of his knowledge

Unoblique

Undivided

Without the illusion of feeling

To be absorbed into the Source

As each piece of existence

From this false plane

To gather on the other side

As equal as he was meant to be

Solid

Only in truth

And meaning.

Oh Tear Ones

"Please help me weep," she asked the tears

"It's not fair that you fill me so

Let me redeem my sanity in exchange

For the hurt you carry

And need to express.

Listen
Even the clouds offload

The rain outside is playing her music

To coat my sobs

And pull a curtain over the silence.

You have nothing to fear, oh Tear Ones

No one will discover where you fell

Or of your passage

They hold wisdom not

Of your existence so far

From oblivion you will emerge

And into oblivion you will sink

These hands will wipe away

And remnants of the trails you leave behind

Please

Just come

Sing
Weep."

For The Solitary Heart

Exempt me from this anguish

I strive to seek another realm

Where prejudice is illusionary

And humanity occupies swift distinction.

Where pity is not a substitute for compassion

And strength reigns

Centering all

Resolutely within.

Where pretense is an impostor

Unable to hijack your senses

And jealousy wilts

In the aura of this space.

Where judgement is just

In discrimination

And reason

And left to the Supreme

Unfettered.

Let me be swallowed

Into the channels of this haven

And dwell unrestrained

Without fear

Of abandonment

Or disintegration.

Let this render refuge

For the Solitary Heart

Where love can ride the seas of the Soul

Bound into the skies of the mind

Conquer the passion of this being

And recede into the serenity of the Spirit

Soak up this brilliance

Shining on the inside

Be fortified in its calm

And reside here

Reinforced.

Your Love Was Never Mine To Own

You spoke to my heart by your smile and touch

Your seeds of affection here were sown

It took me so long to realize, my love

Your love was never mine to own.

You'd sigh each time I'd stroke your hair

Like it meant something special to you

Was it my imagination? Was I mistaken?

Was it even remotely true?

You'd hold me so close when we'd embrace

So much closer than what was normal

Why does it feel so different now?

So impersonal, so strained, so terribly formal?

Your eyes would speak, they'd carry a depth

Of a closeness never else shown

Why are they so intensely empty now?

Was that understanding purely on loan?

How can you just halt what you're feeling?

How can you just erase it so clean?

It makes me wonder if it was even real

How can it de-exist? How can it never have been?

I couldn't have fallen in love with you faster

It was so expertly, so brilliantly played

You succeeded in pulling off this disaster

And still convinced me that you were betrayed

You left me to wither, to shrivel, and carry

The burden of a breaking heart

You were content slinking around in the background

Watching, uncaring, as it crumbled apart

You spoke to my heart by your smile and touch

Your seeds of affection here were sown

It took me so long to realize, my love

Your love was never mine to own.

This Unparalleled Miracle

Transparent sound

Gliding through my veins

Accompanied by the potent light

Solid in strength

Stretching out

Rivering through each particle of my being

Unseen

Through the essence of thought.

It flows

Carpeting its path

Making the winter of its trail obscure

Leaving behind a rush of prose

In beams

Smiling

As it were

To complete the oblique

And restore the splintered.

Polishing the coarse

Unrefined

And inexperienced

This Force glows

Penetrating the damaged

With its magical balm

Riding through the cracks

Soothing them

Sealing them

Healing them as it passes.

The longer it courses

Its strength builds

Incorporating the hurt and pain

That it collects along the way

Swallowing it to it's own being

Assimilated and converted

Twirling along

With this intense radiant illumination

To reverberate

Undistinguished

Gaining resolute support

Generated through the belief

That something so powerful

Truly is greater than the sum of its parts.

Each of its incarnates

Are stemmed from the same source

Together

They resonate with the brilliance of a billion suns

Shimmering over a billion galaxies

Individually

They blaze with the same intensity

No less equal

Than each stream bundled into one.

It exists to exist,

Without substitute,

To surround.

It can be split only to remain undivided

Breathing itself gently

Into the hearts that care - 

Willingly.

It pervades each particle of its surroundings

Serenading Life

Its Truths

And quintessence

Through its mystery.

How it functions

Is known

Yet

It is discovered

In each instance of its rise

Unwittingly.

We may never conquer it

But it will always render victory

With its surrender

And transform us

Inside out

Each one

Uniquely

Through its presence

Through its existence

Through its experience

This Unparalleled Miracle called

Love.

Just Let Me...

Let me sink into you arms

Feel your warmth

Your tenderness

Your quiet passion

Seeping from your heart

And wrap me in your universe

For this lifetime

For this moment.

Let me breathe you in

Swim in your essence

And transcend the physical

To be intertwined

With your love

To be pulled into your gravity

And remain magneted to you

Fused at the heart.

Let me feel no distance

Nor emotion

Nor thought

Just let me be suspended in your arms

And feel the warmth of your skin build

Your heartbeat melt with mine

And the world around us

Whisper itself out of sight.

Lets just float in this moment

Where time holds its breath

And all that matters is

You and me.

Let me blend with your touch

And witness the lush, gentle softness of your affection

Just let me be close to you

Where space runs out

Where we can close our eyes

And all that's left is us

And Now.

Let me experience this Forever

Here

Enveloped in your arms

Hidden in your caress

Shining through each breath

Revealed by your love.

Let me be close to you

Feel your rich intensity

And live this dream.

Let me breathe you in

Deep and slow

And be drenched in your care.

Just let me sink into your arms

Be loved by you

And love you

The way it was meant to be.