coming thru the waves...

as the shadows rise no more
the shaft of light penetrates
that calls to one
come home
be free and do not roam
anymore

love,
light of yourself in the heart
and sing of what is real
do not be a way that is of the dark
and impure
like the bright ones that have come
to live in this land
but do not go outside in the streets
of mind and do not race into the
seas of misery
or reside where it is shallow
like a beautiful creature
that lives to be seen for what it is
amazing and wondrous
made sturdy
and right with all of life
so is this heart of yours
so very much made perfectly
and so very much made as a light
unto itself
not to be shaded over by grasping ways
and desiring of something other
all the time..

what do you think of this friend?

have you not sat with it awhile

and rolled it around on your tongue

have you not brought the possibility

of coming *out* into your heart

or have you put it out of your head for now

and simply felt that you are not 

in the right way to be free...

this is not the way of a warrior

that is to go thru the waves 

and rise anew and bring the land

that haunts to rest

if you put this truth aside and leave it

it will not grow in you 

it will be covered over and not seen

so how will this set things right?

no matter your condition or place now

you can begin inside and sooner 

or later there will be a shift

however small or large that will

make your reality feel different

more open and alive 

or even more up in your face so 

as to be able to see it...

this is a good start...

anything is better than the same old

droning mental chatter that goes nowhere

love, 

do you not think so?

Do not wait...

in the lost shadows
where will you make of yourself a home
that is stable and sturdy?
will you race into the waves that come and go
so swiftly so as to lose yourself in the chase
that really go nowhere but back again
where you started?
or will you come further out where the shore
is set at a distance
and the ships bounce up and down on the
rising ocean that speak of a substance
much deeper?

when is the time
that you leave the place that holds you in a trance
and step into the unknown depths of your very soul?

this evening friend
i have come for you in this very time
that is the best time to take a step out into the dark
open night
and be what you are made of in heart
and not to go into yourself in mind like the ones
that are so very lost in their actions and voice
so as to be not even well in body and spirit

i cannot tell you anything but to come
now and do not wait
my time is done in the land of the lost
i am so not able to go back there
i can call to you only from this *now*
as this is where you reside as well in spirit
it is true
i cannot speak to you any other way

oh soul
if there was a way to say that you are well
inside
i would say it rightly, but your ears will not hear of it
or your tongue taste of it
until you step in...
the dark night is moving in hauntingly
and so pressing down
as to say
now!
this time my dear
or when?
leave the shade of your own making
and be yourself for once
as this is the way you are meant to be
within a heart
and mind
that is true

this night
is the time and no other
so full in beauty is this soul of yours
that lights up the night sky in glory
this is your true name and calling
not any other
oh dear
come
do not wait

now is the time....