INTIMATE SPIRIT

I

What feeling is this
     that together we find joy and happiness
     and yet, in parting,
           there is still comfort and peace?

Together a bonding, a strengthening,
     a sharing of Selves,
     yet, apart,
           an unspoken communion of Spirit?

It is a love which, in its element,
     is not ruled by physical deception,
     but originates in the beauty and
tranquillity of the soul;
a boundless love of the life
     and Essence of our true selves,
     untainted,

     pure.

What wonder and joy there is
     in two Souls that can speak when
     the Voice is silent;
           Spirits that can dance as One
     when the body is still in quiet devotion.
Such joy we have come to know
     through an intimate friendship.

II

You are a true delight and blessing
     in my life - a soul that has
     penetrated deeply the very
Core of my Being;
I feel my spirit has found itself
     true "love"
in the most intimate sense:
     a lover of the deep, abiding mystery
     that is Life;
         One with whom I have shared a
     most profound experience of Being.

Though we shall say farewell, for a time,
     it is as it must be.
But know that, apart, our Spirits
     shall continue to share the Mystery
as it unfolds.

When I see a star,
     I shall think of you:
     the light of a playful spirit
shining in your eyes
     with radiance and wonder.

When I feel a breeze,
     I shall hear the soft whisper of your
soul
     in the silence of my heart.

When I drink a sunset
     I shall feel the warmth of your
Passion for Life
     welling up within me.

Like the flame of a lamp
     "in a windless space"
is True Friendship:
steadfast and everlasting.

III

"Out beyond darkness
     beyond the rise and fall of the world's
Breath,
     there is a field
where the soul lies down in the
freshly-dewed grass of Tranquility
     and simply Exists ..."

... where Time stands still,
     and the Breath of Eternity flows freely
as a cool mountain stream.

When All is Done,
     I shall meet you there.
Beyond speech,
Beyond thought,
Beyond Life.

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