Sitting still
While the moment passes
Nothing is lost
As time collapses
Into unity

Present to the paradox  
Of a thousand conflicting truths
I inhale with a smile

Am I loved?
Do I matter?

Do others love me?
How long will they care?

Is it enough to just love myself?
Can I too end that loving?

No
It is primary
And can never be taken away

For I am love

In the emptiness between stars
In the silence between notes
In the knowing between thoughts
The gaps where I find truth

Where has
     my light
           gone?

Wait
     it's right here
I just had to
     open my eyes

Caught in a trap
Between thoughts and feelings
Finding both false

How to find the truth
The space beyond self-justification
To be at peace

Can I surrender my power
Can I become vulnerable and open
Fears arise and the dance begins again

Falling folds rest gently on the floor
Tiny portals show only congestion
Straight lines weave curve and intersect
All around chaos abounds

Charting my way through to the end of each day
Is a challenge that takes all of me
Stopping to breathe in the beauty
Seems like an irresponsible luxury

And yet why am I here?
Is it only to take care of the mundane?
Or is it the beauty which creates the meaning I crave?
I look again at the falling folds