Unveiled

My veil is off. I stand before you as I am, Yahweh, nowhere to hide, and nothing between us except your brilliant light. Mesmerizing, absolutely pure, clarifying (in its every sense), your radiance hugs me, encircles me and sticks to me softly glowing to radiate the truth: who you are and who I am becomingContinue reading “Unveiled”

Punctuating the Separations

I greet distance once again, geographic separation that clips my best strong heart connections, separates close friends, my loved ones. The threads of tendernesstrail tears over continentsand disappear intothe salt of seas.“Goodbye!” is the wordthat stabs me, punctuation tothe phrases of my lifeeven while it sends my love after a heart.Delight moves throughshared sequences(some catapultedContinue reading “Punctuating the Separations”

The Red of Love

Love—deep red love— came struggling through the pressure of the birth canal and landed safe in loving handsthat washed away the bloodand held him close.They did not know, not yet,that Love’s own bloodwould someday spurtfrom lashes to his back,from nails plunged straightthrough his own hands,and through his feet—blood of Life and supreme Lovethat would bringContinue reading “The Red of Love”