Abundance Unearthed

Like a weary evening sailor
In search of light
Or the echo of your name
Resounding in my heart 

Season upon season
In this linear realm called life
I yearn for all of them
Might one perhaps suffice?

A moment to feel
Embrace, revive 
A chance to escape
These stifling confines.

Why linger in the shadows 
Eluding my grasp?
Let me ride you in the wind
Touch you in the rain
See you in the glass

Ever-patient
Ever-wise
Ever-calm, you remain

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To be acknowledged 
To be treasured, to be loved;

A sublime universe
Neither hidden nor trussed
Longing to be disrobed
By those who entrust.

And when my busy mind
Succumbs to sleep
And at last are put to rest
My calloused, aching feet

When clamor falls silent
In an abyss of the foretold
Then —and only then—
Can your abundance unfold.

Breckenridge, Colorado
Photo: Alina de Albergaria, March, 2021

For the unwitting muses who encouraged me to embrace the gentler pace of life: Justine and our OG —the catalysts; Helene, who speaks the language of my soul; Sandy and her daughter, Kayla, whose dolce far niente serendipitously fell into my lap; and my sweet sister, Marisol, who gifted me Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic.

Namaste.