A Thousand Secret Ways
A Thousand
Secret Ways
i am tied to you
in a thousand
secret ways
every now and then
Mercy descends
unexpectedly
like a cool night
after a scorching day
like rain after
a long, long drought
my breath comes easier
and i rejoice:
“praise be to my Lord
who has set me free”
until sometime,
some blissful breaths later
the soothing lightness
disappears again
and there it is
the familiar pain
mocking
then beckoning me
to a place deeper
more subtle
than where i’ve been
each time
it takes a different form:
rage, hurt,
desperation,
or despair
i try to escape
to deny or fight
but who can win
from a shadow?
then Mercy descends
unexpectedly
and leads me
to the root of
this new mystery
free of another knot
i am astounded
by what i see
and drown in
soothing stupor
until it comes again
my friend
that old, familiar pain
and i realize
i’m not
yet
not yet free
but still tied to you
in a thousand
subtle
secret ways
9th septemeber 2013
from the upcoming book "The Truth Is Love"
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