Soul Lace

…..I should tell you….
But you wouldn’t hear it as it was
Not because you didn’t want to
But because you can’t

I have wanted to walk with you
On the stage and in your heart
But the lines of human yearnings
Don’t allow the intimacy

So many journeys alone
The tellings never capture all
Hints of glory and of rapture
Circle in a swirl of smoke

None too clear but always precious
Come the moments of the dance
Many make the steps together
Yet the distance marks the gaps

Loneliness is locked within us
None the lacking for a breath
Gasping for the true conveyance
Seeping round the corners gape

Yet we feel the shared dis-ease
There is a love…dis-covers it
Sharing seems weak consoling
Taunting debts of dignity!

I now know from whence the wind does blow
And to where and for why it does drive forth!

‘Tis naught but graced wisps of refined commotion
From the fluttering wings of angels in treetops

Loved ones alighting on branches of berth
Look down from above and quiver in delight

They laugh in the air as the wind they create
And hurl us along in the flow of the Spirit!

We countdown to nowhere,
Still-life air to breathe….
Time Traveling in a blank stare

 Seconds, minutes, hours, days,
Creeping and Strutting…
Seasons feign change,
But there is no movement

 What is this cool cruelty?
A smoldering Phoenix?
A rehearsal in annoyance?…

They close about me like a cloak;
Rapturous winds of whim and courage.
Protecting, caressing, coaxing and cooing —
Is it butterfly wings or laughter I hear?

Sage-wise and new-born, they encircle,
Touching my body lightly
As they glide between heaven and earth…
What news do you bring me this day?…

I want to stay in this moment,
Can it wait? Stop?

Ethereal sunlight – bands of color
Rippled in reflection on diaphanous waves

Could this be heaven?
A prolonged breath of beauty

I want to stay..
But dissatisfaction distracts from the passing grace

Will we just BE
In a moment that never passes?…