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Why do you insist
on the long beaten path
of suffering, and
sacrificing your glory-winged being
to the light?
You are of no service
crumpled under a lamp shade
or singed at candle toe.
Do you not know that
there is a lucid holiness
to be had in
the dark abyss?
Reject not the black heavens.
You have caterpillared
and cocooned.
Though death to form
may seem like a way of life,
This time the stars are
counciling you
to Live.
Oh my love,
what would it take
to extend your heart
and flutter your soul
while in the cup of
my gentle hands?
Out the door.
I have faith ~
When no longer an addict
of self-flagellation,
The Light that craves You
will enlighten within.
© 2011-2013/Jamie K. Reaser
Published in "Sacred Reciprocity: Courting the Beloved in Everyday Life" (www.hiraethpress.com)
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Really like this.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever returned to comment on someone's post twice before, but I am definitely drawn to this poem. I keep coming back trying to figure out just exactly why and what it means to me / for me. I can see how this could be very much about a specific individual, and, at the same time, have wide appeal and meaning. I think that's what makes this poem so good.
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Thank you for sharing a bit of your process Bill. I'm glad to know that the poem speaks to you deeply. Some of the poems "work me" for years after showing up.
ReplyDeleteBlessings upon your journey...
Jamie what beautiful words. You are truly gifted and your soul shines into my heart. I will read all of your works. Thank you for being in my life.....This is from C.Victor Posing, but it shows my new fb page name. I will invite you.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jaya..._/\_
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