You are close.

You are close.

When I close my eyes,

The pattern on the lids

All there is to see,

Shifting shapes,

Capillaries,

That slowly move

And change, as

Awareness is aroused

You are with me.

In the brightest sun,

When it is hard

To raise my gaze,

The sharp pain

Of fine white, guileless light

Causing a multitude

Of starbursts to

Blind my sight

Of the beauty,

I know is there,

You stand by me.

Even when

The weight of life,

Though,

No more than smoke

That blurs

My own reflection,

Is a black hole

That grows in me,

Drawing strength

From the drain of love,

You lead me forth.

Turning me out

Into the world.

Giving it back.

Helping me to see,

There is still

A place for you and me,

To be free.