First the walking
the long hollow walking
utter loss
uttering loss
the muscle of grief
the unknowing of wisdom
surrender of what we think is
Then the mysterious accompaniment
unseen unknown sure
realm from within become beside
The unraveling of known texts
into unimagined questing
questions from behind the eye
behind the heart
sight athwart insight
the possibility of possibility
And then the bread
sun become food
energy made matter
a body re-bodied anew
that realm become this one
the sharing
absence made presence
death made life
in suddenly familiar undying love—
And in an instant
this instant
there is no “first” and “then”
what wasn’t is
what can’t be is
everything is and is so
in this now-ness
now we see
we see Now
we see You
Now changed
joyed
to tell
to cry out in wonder
now
running
long ecstatic running
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
April 16, 2021