your presence

I awoke this morning

to a wooing dawn song of the birds.

Renewal all around me. 

Standing in the dark, alone

i looked out my window

to the other side of the river.

Mesmerized by the luminous streetlights

radiant amber reflections stretched out

like flickering candle flames 
on the surface of the water,

it felt like silent mercy in the sleeping calm.
It felt like light tapers you could walk on

Walk on........... 

I thought i saw your face rising from my memory,

your blue eyed serenity looking right into my soul.

I looked into your familiar smile.

I swear I heard you whisper serenity,

quietly beckoning me

across the rippling light

to the safety on the other side

You're almost within reach, my anam cara

my somebody closer.....

my reliable soul friend........

Rather than restrained by silent distance

I feel your presence all around me.

feeding me calm.

Are you quietly beckoning me

across the ladders of tapers

to the safety on the other side?

Or am I beguiled by a mirage of nostalgia

nestled in a long lost dream?



Reality is gifted in the light that carries us.  Even if it wavers in the currents of a river unfolding, we surrender so we can sail into the mystic, lost in the wonder of where it will lead.