Down to the beach I ventured again

Just as a child did I back then

Seeking solitude…peace…joy

Recalling misty memories as a boy

Casting off garments I had properly worn

To be God’s creature that I was born

Now naked, now one with my Creator I

Saw His natural world through my eye

But in truth something greater now was freed

Than merely skin, but spirit and creed

For I had found a holy place

A granted prayer, my spiritual space

God’s shining face warmed my hand

As I glimpsed "the world in a grain of sand"

His cooling waters bathed my aching soul

Vulnerable, too now was I whole

Angel’s breath in soft summer breeze

His children play…doze…gaze…as they please

Distant horizon brought wave after salty wave

Like lessons of life I would reverently save

His splendors surround me, in my sandy pew

I now view this infinite universe anew

Pristine cathedral by the sea, in the sun

Drew us together, one by one

Colors, tongues, ages, all walks of life

All here to unburden stress and strife

Down to the shore we went once more

Like gulls on wing, our spirits did soar

Back to my past where I had begun

To eternal womb, blessed with freedom won

Journey’s end at this beach of heavenly love

With His guiding light shining down from above.

 

 

 

We are of the Father, you and I. Love eternal, doubly promised.

That I will hold you is my heartbeat and my strength.

Sometimes your prayers caress me.

Your tears weep slowly down my cheek.

My nights are full of you.

My days twice empty after dreaming.

Love is all around yet far from me.

I trace your footsteps always leading away.

When I kneel each night in my usual place.

I ponder over your familiar missing face.

We are one, you and I, though separate.

Even this time of loneliness is shared.

We mean everything to each other.

Everything except today’s embrace.

Kiss me through the distance.

Wait for me. Expect my coming.

You are my Cherished Sister.

I am most alive in my journey to you.

 

 

 

 

I looked into my mirror
to see what I could see,
But to my surprise, good grief,
no one was looking back at me.

I thought it might be broken
but, no cracks were to be seen,
I thought it might be dirty,
so I cleaned it, carefully.

No matter how I tried and tried,
I could see no one on the other side.
I guess my life has come and gone
and now I'm in the great beyond.

Because the mirror that I seek

is the mirror to my soul,
I'm guessing I need to change my life,
Or forever be this hollow soul.

To never see what you have inside

is a lesson to be learned,
And only you can change the parts

that need to change, be warned!

For you alone have the ability to see

what lies inside,
And you alone are the only one,
who can see "YOU" on the other side.