Oh gift, pulsing outward, into every cry seeking

The returning sorrow. Each discard leaves

Glimmers of light, but shadows fall

Upon myriad aversions. Alone feeling.

Nimbus tear-drowned, but breath burns,

Unquenched. Heart overflowing, emptiness

Downward rolls, bellows lock, dregs coughed

And life rushes into the breach.

No knowledge preparing, good or ill.

Ownership offending, bounding liberty,

Reason overthrown, upending faith.

Love’s solitude in truth uniting.

Truth beyond grasp, but compassion

Compelling, dissolving awareness, twining

Marionette thought in spirit free. Dancing

Freedom into bonds inescapable.

Not I, but multitudinous we.