i fear and treasure those days
that are filled with the presence of the holy entirety
most of all
i can feel it enveloping
wrapping
enlarging
and leaving me behind
within a moment of waking
in the soft voices
that ask me kindly
and knowingly
to be all or nothing
of what i have become
and knowing that so much of what i am has been stolen or borrowed
ownership forgotten
source material buried in the passage of time
the unforgiving erasure of time
the first defence
anxiety
i am left wondering what will be left of me
when the stripping bare
is completed and yet
i sense
in that sense
beyond all senses
that it is right and good
to allow for the possibility
that no matter the suffering
God knows
i am good with that
good at that
good for that
21 comments:
The last three lines got me...
I agree with Jinksy about the last three lines.
I love that music!
yup,
that no matter the suffering
God knows
i am good with that
good at that
good for that
just to see them again.
xo
erin
Are you ok? I hope you're ok. I love you, Steven.
Yes, all of that. Stripped bare we are at our core part of the all that is.
jinksy - it's part of a fiendish plan of mine to grab readers with the last three lines of everyhting i write. that way they can forget the other writing! steven
hello valerie! it's part of a larger piece by keith jarrett that is equally stunning and challenging all at the same time. steven
erin - we all choose our forms of suffering and then in my own experience, suffering sometimes reaches over and chooses us. because there are qualitites of suffering, it's not always a bad thing! steven
reya thanks, i'm very ok. i'm allowing some cleanup to be done on my own cosmology. you know how that is. it's unsettling, then distracting, then crazy-making and then all good!!! steven
dat's right ellen!! steven
what makes you feel presence of the holy entirety leaves you behind?
pauline i find that revelations, awareness of wholes are easily lost through the distractions of
"the soft voices
that ask me kindly
and knowingly
to be all or nothing
of what i have become"
steven
Agree about the last three lines Steven - and the radiance is beautiful
i'm glad you enjoyed your visit weaver! steven
Yes, God knows. x
tess that's what i know. steven
Great music. Like everyone else I love the last 3 lines, but I also am drawn to the words "i am left wondering what will be left of me when the stripping bare is completed and yet i sense..." and on to the end. Every day I am amazed at your writing and your abilities as a wordsmith.
You are always enough.
thankyou lizzy. in my own sense i have a very long way to go but your words are generous and supportive and make the way a little smoother! steven
hi ruth! i've heard that somewhere else!!! steven
steven, strong words for a imposing music. Very good.
oa.s
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