I once saw the radiance
Born from once-again,
Alive in what I have never-known,
Until that moment when your light burst through the clouds
Holding me tightly in your array,
Speaking to me slowly in ways I could not understand.
Love demanded I learn your language,
And set me free from my ignorance,
Embracing poems and prose I wanted to comprehend,
Patience, I am no doctor, I reply,
Slow, I am falling and have no wings slow my tumble,
Love, Yes! And I begin to understand.
If I meet the ground
There will be no softness in the landing,
I’d rather fly and kiss the clouds with you,
Glide above the thunder and the lightning,
Tickle your soul with the Light from up above,
Taste you in the droplets of moonlight all around.
My mind knows the truth of my crashing,
The burning ground, debris scattered for all to see,
Yet here, I see a flower sprouting through the ashes,
Its fragrance overcomes the acrid smoke that’s in the air,
Like that moment when you touched my heart,
Made cracks in the armor that kept me ignorant,
Now filled with gold flowing from your fingertips,
I hold you close, we now see the clouds far below.
Now, we create a language all our own,
Foreign to some but known as truth within our souls,
Take my hand as I take yours,
Walk with me across the bridges
And ridges
Of the time we have remaining.
For I love you, and now I understand.