The Safest of Places
for dan
When your heart is breaking,
when your soul weeps
in that aching hollow place
where your body caves into
emptiness,
there is this slight
….path…
and the light,
lit by hope
from these bodies carefully around you-
(the ones who love you most)
reveal what possible
beauty
you are able to take in;
the beauty you are able to break into
like an embryo braving the trauma
of birth into existing.
And then all that was hoped for,
all that you asked for
or never considered requesting
is sitting
calmly
in front of you
unsure as the lonely seed
waiting for water
but ready
to give Faith another name;
Fate giving birth to Love
and
Hope,
like no other possible belief:
You as to me,
ready to be
found
and held carefully
in willing arms-
in the
safest
of places.
