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Horizon opens to
Horizon, endlessly,
Vistas still wait
your eyes
to see.
The body
Is an ocean
Swarming with graces
Mind cannot fathom.
You receive
By Gift,
You lose
By the same,
To enjoy,
again.
There is a time
To linger by a grave,
A time to dare
Again.
A lone wolf
Howls in the night,
For darkness calls forth
Its mastery.
Every scar
Says, “You
Are courageous,
For you have chosen
To live.”
Tears flowing
Hold within
The promise of
Better times.
The poverty of loss
Opens to riches
Your past would not
Let you see.
Your heart has been
Carved to feel the truth
And follow your longings,
By the sufferings you endured
And now give thanks for.
Our lives
Chalices,
Our hearts
Sanctuaries.
Brief the pleasures
Of time, Sweet the intimations
They bear of
Eternity.
However, do not withhold
Your lips from the cusp of matter
Nor close your heart to dreams
You have held dear, but have
led to disappointment, for
those seemingly frustrated
hopes form the stairway
you have built, from
laughter and tears,
to see those dreams,
still, come true.
Indeed,
It is in loss
That your faith
In Love is tested,
And once tested,
Love will give itself
And its treasures
To you.
The Moon
Poured itself out
In the night;
At dawn, the Sun
Shaped your
Form.
"In the spiritual marriage the union is like water … when rain falls from the sky into a river … all is water, for the rain which fell from heaven cannot be divided or separated from the water or river.” St. Teresa of Avila
OneLife Ministries is a pastoral outreach and nurture ministry of the First United Methodist Church, Fort Meade, FL. For Spiritual Direction, Pastoral Counseling, spiritual formation workshops, Christian meditation retreats, or more information about OneLife, write Rev. Dr. Brian K. Wilcox at briankwilcox@comcast.net.
Brian's book of mystical love poetry, An Ache for Union, can be ordered through major bookdealers.
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