recording: ofdragonmagic-032507.mp3
movies affect me in odd ways. you have been warned. this piece, fresh from the mind after watching the movie ‘eragon’. movie references combined with other analogies and a humble bow to time and manifest truth as regards the nature of what is, the truth of connectedness, and the simple wisdom that no ripple, once felt, ever truly diminishes.
i have waited
a thousand years
to hear your voice.
to you all that is, rises
through you, all that is, manifests.
i die a million deaths
only to return to you
each time, with wreaths of welcome
each time, with smiles
live on, you faraway diamond
gem of delight, precious one
i walk slowly, and honor the ways
that weave in far fields
that twist the threads that
bring all things together
the magic of what is,
yes, it rises through me,
but it only flows
through you.
the very world is yours,
all of it – take it all,
i give it away
freely
jubilantly
utterly
leagues and oceans of illusion and words
may forever swirl between
but these things i know
just as you know
just as you’ve always known
for all you flinch from knowing
still, i remain
and gently, quietly
visit you in dreams
caress your pensive face
there, by the river
cradle the drop of amber
still in my pocket
that hums
connection
cannot be denied
cannot be defiled
cannot but be
i feel you still
i feel you moving
i feel you
shuddering, restless presence
that which knows
no distance, nor proximity
all the same in all spaces,
all places, all time
everywhere and nowhere at all
angry for a rejection you know is false
regardless, oh regardless
floating upon the rim of this illusion
still i am here
still you are here
each of us, all of us, strobing with our stillness
silent by command but for the occasional sob
duty bound to withdraw and yet… forever remain
what fire of me has burned you is by your own calling
what ice of you has chilled me is yet humbly received
i take all the darkness you fear
fold it into me, spin it into light
send it back to you as galaxies, as ancient tunes, as dreams
i have waited many lifetimes
for you to agree to find me
and many more shall wait
for you to accept what is
tenderly, with smiles
with all these many tears
i have wept for you this river
that by it you might rest
to you, everything
may you know all comfort
giving even nothingness
that within it, you find peace
so long as sun may shine
or moon touch with silver light
the same, you
the same, me
the same as the same as all
until the moment beyond infinity
has exhaled
from this, the very corner
i whisper gently, softly, lovingly
and i remain.