Fragmented and splintered
Chiseled then polished
Raw yet cultured
Precious and undefeated
You are the diamond
Angularly brilliant
Independently worthy
Throughout the solitary fight
Sought for by the greedy
Hampered by mediocrity
Cajoled to conform
Yet still to stand alone
Wipe off the tarnish
Revere your elements
Withstand the pressures
Gleam from your core
Slow churn
Twist and turn
Rumble and roll
Then deeper still
Growl and groan
What kind of hunger
Speaks this way
Gnawing and nibbling
Never at bay
And incessantly stays
No food can satiate
No destination can appease
No feeling can deflate
No intelligence can defeat
So I return within
Claiming my peace
As all attentions
Gather in one place
Here it is
The fountain of All
Pouring and cascading
Just waiting to be found
Questions and answers
All merge into one
What magic then
If scaled somewhat larger
That all our hungers
Our questions, our answers
All too reside, right here together
On this here planet
We can call home…
Love has been unleashed
When on the gloomiest day
You beam like the sun
traveling alone
yet together , walk the path
accept, love, cherish
Tiny grains of sand
Compress and surface
As a string of pearls
Singular droplets of moisture
Merge and form
The great oceans
Flimsy wisps of cloud
Float and rise
As the comforting sky
Each and every breath
Shallow or deep
Opportunities encompassing existence
Such grandeur!
Pearls, oceans, the sky
Even existence.
All nothing without
The minutiae
Grains, droplets, wisps
And every little breath.
What is it that we see?
What is it that we acknowledge?
The whole?
Or it’s parts?
What are we?
Mankind
Nations
Communities
Or individuals?
How kindly we are made!
How kindly we are acknowledged!
Each with a face
Never duplicated
Each with a beat
Rhythm unique
Each allowed
Opportunity unparalleled!
Have you seen
The part you are?
Own your chance
Claim your gift
Live your turn
No strings attached
This is your time!
intense meets softness
gives rise to strength and beauty
natural love unfolds
What is your lover’s kiss?
The meeting of two
A spot of tenderness
Somewhere to express…?
What is your soul mate’s shoulder?
Somewhere to rest
A strength to lean on
A place to let go…?
What are those loving arms ?
Steel bars for protection
Great cranes to carry your troubles
Comfort for you to lay in…?
But where is that one lover?
The one that stays when all others have come and gone
The one who loved you before you knew you where loved..
Close your eyes, go within
Feel the kiss of life as each breath comes
Lean on that shoulder as the outside dissipates
Know those carrying arms as weightless you become..
Your one true lover
Resides within and beside you
In your one true lover’s company
There are no woes
In your one true lover’s arms
You know you are home…..
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