Renga 01 - May 16, 2000 bits of poetry traded between HS and CN on May 16, 2000 Know that good things begin with the first step. And every step that you take afterwards. Ah yes, but it is in those steps that we find pause to truly appreciate how far we have come and that we no longer walk alone. Although the path may be strewn with thorns, one takes greater pleasure in knowing that we walk amongst the roses of this world. The skies are dark enough to remind me that the sun is hidden behind and like love one must wait for the clouds to clear. Through our life we wait Looking for our perfect self To find it in 'us' To search and not find is most disheartening to go through life and not look is most saddening but to not look and find is most joyous. If in not looking we find, Then in not asking we hear The words two hearts speak Across the miles- Souls connect, hearts are bound Baptized by fire- Purified in passion. For what is love but a gift? Unsought it carries more hopes than our deepest dreams Unbidden it steps into our lives Unending we remember Unerring we accept. Unconditionally, no strings- Wildest passions tamed to a gentle kiss Your heart caressed, your soul gently cradled Within the softest whisper of love. There is the tantalizing feel of satin sliding across your skin carefully drifting across the peaks and valleys that shelter the sweet taste of your body. The moon three thousand miles across the land the moon rises and a lonely heart offers her thoughts to the moon in hopes that the one she loves will, too, look to the sky and think of her Separated by time and distance the two lovers love apart sharing with the moon their deepest thoughts.