Pic and a Poem #37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i can go anywhere now that

you are by my side

the big space before us

the barren vista

of dead wood and shed skin

which once would have left me

trembling in fear

is transformed
 

harsh angles soften
earth is yet alive
you show me how to look

pointing it out
laughing at my naivety 

believing is seeing

vision is substance

we carry it even into

the darkest night

making our own way

lit torches across heaven

and earth

telling stories, singing songs

secret dances of our kinship

the ways of brothers and sisters
in a wild tribe of deep magic

those who travel the great distance

of life and death
whispering back to us
in shifts of sand
and stirring of creatures
 

we trail on the footsteps of ancients
out into the far reaches
beyond doubt and despair

unearthing the plenitude of being

truth, love, and beauty

that extends infinitely

from an endless past
to a fathomless future
 

our feet planted here
knowing who we are
in each other 

fearing no freedom
we journey on