WHO ARE YOU?

Others would say you are a man

With a purpose; a great teacher;

Someone who is fun to be around;

A man of strength, knowledgeable and wise.

And I would reply, indeed you are

all of these. But, beneath what others see,

I ‘feel’ your inner being.

Beyond the man of heady knowledge

Lies a gentle and tender soul.

I know a different man. Through your fingertips I feel the caress of a love

Far deeper than the playful smile

Folks choose to see,

Choose to believe is the fulness of you.

‘Feeling’ who you are is a different tale

To the man of the world;

The one who reaches for a star

Through the space of cosmic energy,

The writer and facilitator of learning.

All of this is true of you, but none

more so than the man of vulnerability;

The one people do not see. Even I

Only glimpse the reality, the possibility

Of the man inside of you.

The inner child who cries unseen;

The teenager who hungers to come home;

A man of deep passion for all he does.

Even more, one with a capacity

For immense love,

Who slides into the source of spirit,

And holds within him the energy of God.

That, I believe, is who you truly are!

SOUL MATE

Love is not an easy word.

True love is not romance,

As much as we may wish it to be.

Romance is the evidence

Of a heart-felt connection,

Sweet and exciting.

But love is what remains

When we willingly walk with another’s pain.

Soul love is deep, pure, and unconditional.

The unconditional giving of love

Does not ask for love’s return.

Can I honestly say

My love for you is unconditional?

The answer is no.  I will always

Want you to look deep into my eyes

And hold me as no man has before.

To be a mate for the other’s soul

Is to be the wind beneath their wings,

Lifting them up above their pain;

The friend that shares their tears,

And the one who, again and again,

Steadies their stumbling steps.

A soul mate is the calm, quiet voice

Of reason, wisdom, and peace.

In my heart I promise to be

The soul mate you ask of me.

I will celebrate with you

As you ride the waves of success,

And hold you with my warmth

Whenever you feel bereft.

And I will walk with you, my soul mate,

Down the pathway to deaths final gate.

SILENCE OF THE SOUL

There is a silent place

Where love is the soft dawn

Rising out of the depths of night.

Here, love does not need to be spoken.

To speak it is to diminish it.

Here, in this silent place,

There is an understanding beyond words,

A soul wisdom that lifts

Beyond the human experience,

Soaring into the realm of bliss.

Hush, be still, and let us hold each other

In that silence of the soul.

Into each other’s lives we open,

Silently, as flowers to the sun.