Written 03/16/19

Truth approaches from deep without
And touches deep within
Faint at first
And then

It grows larger and larger
Beyond a feeling
Beyond intellect
Beyond words and ideas

It soars higher and higher
Beyond our reach
Beyond our grasp
We inch upon its ladder

We move higher and higher
Farther than we once believed existed
Farther than our imaginations could take us
On a trail few would dare go down

We are carried infinitely higher
Yet, we are still too low
Our feelings, our thoughts, our ideas
Still too base

Glimpses of greatness
Flash in the night
They point toward the great One
They point toward the Light

Leaving the ground
We climb
Eyes set on high
Yet not yet on Highest

We climb
The ground growing smaller
The light shining brighter
Yet not yet at brightest

The light is not the Light
The truth is not the Truth
The way is not the Way
Our ascent will not stop until we see the Top

The path, although growing more like the Path, is not the Path
Let us not forget this
For the moment we become satisfied with the life as opposed to the Life, we will cease to climb
Infinitely higher

Written 3/16/19

Words cannot capture
The fullness I’m after
Neither knowledge nor intellect will do
To prove the indescribable true

Pictures are but metaphors
Knocking on the door
Experience, a helpful guide
A dim light in darkness wide

But what I say I know is true
More true than logic
Truth only sensed
Not quite grasped

We may come nearer, but not inside
We may approach, but not lay hold
We are limited creatures exploring the limitless
Our abilities will take us only so far

Unseen are the deepest depths
The deeper the more true
Alas, we are but human
Humans with a view

The greatest love surrounds us all
We could only miss it if we tried
To stop trying is to see it
To see it is to come alive

It’s the love for which all lovers long
To which every love song points
Oh, make it mine!
This love divine

This love moves the world
It cradles every creature
All else is imitation
A futile striving for elation

True love is not between a boy and girl
Not between a man and the world
All loves allude
But none conclude

A Father and a Son
Becoming absolutely one
Revealing to the world
The love that sustains us all

One will, one way,
One life, one love
The two are one
The self is none

No words can capture
The fullness I am after
If I were to explain it all
It would cease to be what I call

Love

Written 11/13/17

May I have this dance?
I don’t dance.
May I have this dance?
I’ll give it a chance.

I fear failure.
I fear defeat.
Just close your eyes.
Listen to the beat.

The people are staring.
The people are laughing.
Who says that their way
Is the right way of acting?

I don’t know all the steps.
I don’t know all the timing.
That’s why I’m in the lead.
This is my mountain you’re climbing.

It feels like a mountain.
I don’t have the strength.
We’re not relying on you
As much as you think.

Where ought I go?
What ought I do?
Lean into me.
Let me lead you.

What if in leaning,
I fall to the ground?
‘Tis better to fall
Than to stand safe and sound.

I’m dizzy from twirling
And spinning in place.
Forget all the twirling.
Stare into my face.

What ought I be doing?
There’s got to be more.
Just dance with me.
That’s your one chore.

May I have this dance?
I don’t dance.
May I have this dance?
I’ll give it a chance.