Breath Is Enough

"I draw sweet air
Deeply and long,
As pure as prayer,
As sweet as song.
Where lilies glow
And roses wreath,
Heart-joy I know
Is just to breathe.

Aye, so I think
By shore or sea,
As deep I drink
Of purity.
This brave machine,
Bare to the buff,
I keep ice-clean,
Breath is enough.

From mountain stream
To covert cool
The world, I deem,
Is wonderful;
The great, the small,
The smooth, the rough,
I love it all,--
Breath is enough."

Robert William Service

Frozen Love

You may not be as strong as me
And I may not care to teach you
It may be hard to keep up with me
But I'll always be able to reach you

And if you go forward, I'll meet you there
And if you climb up through the cold freezing air
Look down below you; search out above
And cry out to life for a frozen love

Life gave me you; the change was made
And there's no beginning over
You are not happy, but what is love?
Fate gave you me for a lover...

And if you go forward, I'll meet you there
And if you climb up through the cold freezing air
Look down below you; search out above
And cry out to life for a frozen love

Stevie Nicks, Linsey Buckingham 1973

Endless Remains

If life were but a dream, my Love,
And death the waking time;
If day had not a beam, my Love,
And night had not a rhyme, --
A barren, barren world were this
Without one saving gleam;
I'd only ask that with a kiss
You'd wake me from the dream.

If dreaming were the sum of days,
And loving were the bane;
If battling for a wreath of bays
Could soothe a heart in pain, --
I'd scorn the meed of battle's might,
All other aims above
I'd choose the human's higher right,
To suffer and to love!

Paul Laurence Dunbar
1872-1906

You Are Love

Halifax, Canada 2007. Photo by Mr. Blue

"A soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone."

Johann von Goeth (1749-1832)

Love Beyond My Fears

Lakota Prayer

Wakan Tanka, Great Mystery,
teach me how to trust
my heart,
my mind,
my intuition,
my inner knowing,
the senses of my body,
the blessings of my spirit.
Teach me to trust these things
so that I may enter my Sacred Space
and love beyond my fear,
and thus Walk in Balance
with the passing of each glorious Sun.

According to the Native People, the Sacred Space
is the space between exhalation and inhalation.
To Walk in Balance is to have Heaven (spirituality)
and Earth (physicality) in Harmony.

A Frozen Tear

A frozen tear
Fell from the sky
Passion’s gift
Yielded in a sigh

Touching earth
Spring’s return
Hope suspended
Where desire burns

A frozen tear
Fell from her eye
Mournful silence
Whispering goodbye

Touching flesh
Cradled in hand
Memories burn
Diamonds in sand

A frozen tear
Is part of me
Surrounds a heart
None can see

Touching dreams
Hidden by night
Spirits dance
Disappearing by light

Pierced the Armor, but Missed the Heart

Seeking riches
So terribly worn
Far from the kingdom
Where allegiance is sworn

Passing in silence
Wearily draw near
Revealing secrets
Forbidden to hear

Eyes of an angel
Hardened like steel
Longing of heart
Hoping to conceal

Many times victor
Over the years
Covering sadness
Hiding tears

Forgetting the moment
Shrouded in mist
Two souls reached out
Unable to resist

Soft lips touch
Beautiful caress
Taste of heaven
Never to confess

Sadness returns
Turning to depart
Having pierced the amour
But missing her heart

Falling to my knees
Grasping for breath
A heart has been pierced
Wounded til death