Sometimes I journey to
the misty shadow lands
of my most inner sanctum,
where I am never quite sure
whether the light comes from
the dawn of a new day
or the dying embers of the dusk
It is in this place of
paradoxes and enigmas
that I sense the start of an ending
and the end of a beginning
It has no clear form yet,
for it still quietly lingers just beyond
the reach of my consciousness,
but my intuitive sense of its purpose
is to bring me finally into the light
Oh, how I would welcome
its loving embrace and direction,
for I have paused in this place
far too long as it is
And I feel a growing awareness
of its intimate power to reveal
that which I must learn
"Come unto me, dark prince
and lady of the light,
for I am so bone weary
of struggling against life.
I beseech you to have mercy
by letting this child sleep
and speak no more
of yesterdays and tomorrows.
Allow me to rest and wake
within a place and time
where it all makes sense again.
For I am concerned
that my tears won't wash away
my pain any longer.
And I'm very troubled
that soon I won't even care
that they no longer do so.
If I reach out to you
with all my heart,
with all my passion,
and with all my soul,
would that prevail upon you
to show even more compassion to me
and answer my plea?"

dennis j hopkins
07/1998 (Rev. 2002)
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"MIDI Music Of John Bloise".