This is the Word that moves mountains
\nConjures armies, builds and destroys worlds
\nNo, not faith nor money\u2013though top contenders
\nyou know what it is when you see it:
\nIn the tippy-toeing across the street on red
\nAching to reach those arms faster, sooner than is legal
\nWhen you feel the urge to jump out of your skin
\nNot like a panic attack, but
\nto make contact with the whole world.<\/p>\n
Eros\u2019 arrow has pierced me through to the marrow
\nto quote the poet, \u2018those cracks serve a purpose,\u2019 so I am radiant
\nafter the blood is washed away, I\u2019m ready
\nprepared to surrender to the cosmos.
\nAs if to say, take all of me\u2013
\nfor I know that lovers also own the day.<\/p>\n
Regardless of nation, gender, or religion\u2013
\nwhatever garment we dress in
\nfor life on this planet, we can all be
\npossessed as if by demons or by gods.
\nReady to lay down our lives in temporary insanity.
\nThis painful process renews each year, at the least
\nHow many true loves can one person have?<\/p>\n
I sought completion in the Other and received only ashes.
\nHurling myself upon a bed of roses
\nsurely, I would conquer beauty
\nonly to be pierced anew.
\nToday I saw a man holding a bouquet
\nAnd wondered who was crushing whom?<\/p>\n
Ghosts and souls are the same in the end
\nSometimes I hear the voices of past lovers
\nCalling softly, leaving a gentle kiss upon my forehead.
\nOnly some have passed to other spheres but
\nall the same, I\u2019m haunted by them and the marks they left\u2013
\nmore gaps to fill with light.
\nSoon I will shine as bright as the sun,
\nblinding and bursting with the Word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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