6. Mark When first we pledged
When first we
began to dare to dream…of
going through life together…
the time
to be reprogrammed
to perform to our tides,
ebb and neap…together.
The words we used and spoke when first we
began to speak to each other-your smile
Your relief worth … everything…
7. 1) Like an inner wave
Breaking on an inner shore I crest and break
and come to know the Divine. Myself…1) Like
an inner wave breaking on an inner shore I crest
and break and come to know the Divine.
Myself…
In the clear glass mirror surface of the pond…I
am reflected in all of my life in all of my
deaths in all of my appetites and refusals-
in all of my hopes and disappearing-s…I am
reflected in my multi- colored Garb of the Divine
. Myself. My God…
8. I long to flow with knowledge-
breaking through the walls-
with my tiny persistent rootlets-
like the pine tree growing bent over-
in a heavy wind-
on top of the mountain-
breaks through the boulders-
imprisoning its feet-
to grow inward-bigger and bigger-
9. And if you endure-
For you must endure great pain-And surely have borne
great pain-In order to bear witness to How fully you have
lived-Your stone bridges that pass- Searchers and travelers-Your
stone houses that
Shelter-the poor in spirit and the great-
Your stone sentences and periods-Will bear witness- Will
bear witness-
To what can be endured and transformed.
