From “Restoration Point”
I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO MUCH
I wish I didn't feel your pain and fear
but then what would that be?
what would I be?
we became one flesh that beautiful, cold, wind-swept day so long ago
and now we two cannot be separated
and what you feel
brings the sadness you see in my eyes.
THE BRICKWALL OPENS
but into a long dark tunnel
what was once unthinkable
has become passable
we hesitatingly, warily
enter
with cautious first steps
we move forward
can we live in this tunnel?
will this darkness stifle our lives?
no, no!
because we walk together
look!
a light breaks through.
YOU AWAKE
your face shines
glistening with tears
but it's not sadness
it's self-knowing
it's the place
and the peace which
passes all understanding
in awe
i sit and listen
your self-knowledge
the depth of your compassion
and yes concern for others
a feather slowly falls
and rests on your pillow.
IN THE SOFT
morning shadows
you lay sleeping
i see your dreams
spreading across your face
some known to me
some unknown
which ones have i thwarted?
which have i helped?
we lay together
waking over 10 thousand times
and now
like two marines on a beach head
each morning matters
every one
we cannot go back
only press on
to that which we cannot know
or even imagine
we get up
brushing sand off our clothes
and advance
together.
WE TALKED TODAY
surrounded by huge white
cotton-ball snowflakes falling from the sky
why are we not angry?
shouldn’t we be angry?
this life suddenly shifted
is it because we have the fulfilled life?
a life rich in blessings?
shouldn’t we be angry?
this life of ours forever changed
t-boned and veering out of control
maybe it’s because we realize
our passing nature
the we are all deadmen walking
but for us the in-between
has been so wonderful
so complete
yet as we talk
our tears begin
to fall
with
the snowflakes.
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