𝑻𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔

I am here

This lifetime

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆

𝑻𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈

With both eyes and ears

So we can meet

In the spaciousness

from which our words

Arrive from and

Simultaneously disappear.

For this service,

Is the love language

In which we

𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒔

And are lightened

By how our shapes

Can be held

By one another

In the heaviest burdens

Of memories weight,

To dissolve

into the shapeless;

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈

𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆.

Each moment

I pay attention

To your mind

And heart

That you so

Generously

Share out aloud,

𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐

𝑴𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆

Bearing witness

To it all,

Beyond what my mind

Wants to add

And adorn.

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆,

𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈.

Over and over

I am reminded

How much

I am being called to

𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓

Truly listen,

and

Give over

All control

𝑻𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎

Of the lightened load with

Unclenched hands,

Offering up my

Devoted heart

To the unbridled,

𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒚 sky

Rather than waiting

As the burdened beggar

Heavy headed

With each stride

Hard hunched and weathered

𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔

𝑶𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 & 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔

Trying to ‘work out’

A better life

Than the perfection

Of what’s

𝑨𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.

So please,

Let each proclamation

Of pain and challenge

Be held in the depths

Of my tender gaze

And softening breath

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆

𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈

𝑰𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

For you to join me

Naked souled

With heart unguarded.

So that when you

hear yourself

Out loud,

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒕

𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆

𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕

And you will

come to know

In the presence

of someone

Who doesn’t see

Or hear a problem,

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆

𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

𝑲𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈

𝑻𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕

𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅.

The intangible.

The impalpable.

While listening

With your eyes

And ears

Which will only

Lead to the revealing

𝑶𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅

𝑨𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏

𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕

𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆,

𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔.

~ 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕

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