How precious You are
Closer than my heartbeat
Closer than my next breath
You held me in your arms
When I thought I was alone
Your light guided me through the darkest times
You awoke the searcher to see that I was You
And You me

This practice
of seeing all of You
opens the heart
opens the mind
opens the body

One step in Your direction
is a leap into Love
letting the benevolent power
of You overtake
me
until
i’m
gone
all
the way
gone
into
the void
of Being
Bliss

Your light
surrounds me
like a firelight
the warmth of home

A journey worth taking
in this life
and this time
is to Your center

which is the
light within me
that is You

round, round
beset amidst a fallen fruit
your tiny feet twitch
flit, flit wings speak
forgotten songs left behind
a fallen branch remembers
your sweetness - your beingness