the bowl of silence

When the emotional thunderbolts of your need flash through your tears
          -- preparing the final explosive outburst,
         a primal howl of anguish which will finally bring healing serenity --
Sad images mixed from the far corners of shadows in the light
          haunt, their gray intensity unbearable

Our hearts join in your distress,
          bleeding and burning together
          souls link through this disharmony…
          Who cannot allow such emotion to touch the depths of his interior light?

How Youth suffers the unhealthy secrets of the Old !
Can we blame the hate born of such darkness?

Precious golden metal letters read by a magnificent lioness
          taming the untruths of life
                    angry volcanic eruption
                    quickly closes all larger-than-life sacred texts !
                    certain words of faith must be discovered alone…
                    shattered glasslike trust from father to child…
                              "how can I continue ?"

Lumbering about
crawling along an overgrown path
seeking the clear limpid pools of understanding where the phoenix drinks
          replenishing newness

essential nourishment so we can stretch high towards our destiny...
The sky harbors an eternity for unlimited dreams.

Later, during the eye of your storm
Ravens fly overhead framed in momentary azure
joining the unfathomed unreality of a lifetime's nightmare
          with the serenity of knowledge.

Destiny’s wings send important messages
          And in those minutes of desperation
          know that you will always feel the warm touch of an angel
          as he brings his bowl of silence
          through his gift of time
          you will hear the gentle, hesitant ripple of life
                    at the source of a new-found spring
                    and follow its path towards love.

the bowl of silence

june 2004

for Nicole

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