Sired by dread,
leavened with anticipation,
seasoned with repeated
" trial and revelation ".
" heaven and hell are within us ".
" all the gods are within us ".
everything and nothing is amiss.
forget all else but this :
" follow your bliss ", he bade.
" follow your bliss ", he inveighed.
and " don't be afraid "
... but I was afraid.
( The phrases in quotes are borrowed from noted author
Joseph Campbell who wrote extensively on the power of Myths )
You have caressed my temples
with an infant's gentleness.
You have kissed my forehead
with a little girl's chaste lips.
You have tugged at my hair
with a big boy's playfulness.
You have blown warm air
on my sleeping eyelids.
You have alighted on my shoulder
like a butterfly of Spring.
You have soothed my back
with the hands of a healer.
You have awakened me
from a deep, restless sleep.
I see my soul mirrored
in your bright, eager eyes.
I had lost my glasses
but I have not lost my way.
( Farid is a masculine given name in Arabic, meaning "unique" )