5. Life's Mystery
Life's Mystery
As I stood not knowing,
and all that was showing,
was this bright light;
A flame consuming fire.
What I did know
is that I wanted more.
So I doused the flame,
extinguished, I became water.
It flows everywhere,
in and around, touching
all that it reaches;
the open spaces,
the hidden places.
Fire is a devourer.
To become this fluid,
is like a light shining down;
a glimmer, as it were, liquid.
Merging, reflecting a shadow
Now I can be the devoured,
you can touch me.
I will moisten your skin,
run your fingers through me;
as I quench your soul.
Ah, but it flows both ways,
this is how I become one.
Some liken it to consciousness
in you and everyone;
I call it being awake.
Splash me on your face.
The feelings are flowing,
there is nothing I cannot touch.
All around and into everything;
this is my desire.
You can build a dam,
but the souls satisfaction
is the undying thirst.
Much unlike a reflection;
repression is not permanent.
It can be calm or soothing,
or stormy, as if in anger;
like the crashing of my soul.
Like the waves on the shore,
experience is the erosion;
wisdom as I awaken.
This sound of a waterfall,
this "white noise".
What I hear and don't hear,
just before my 'eyes' open;
where nothing is spoken
Feeling this substance;
there is no resistance.
It knows not time,
it is everyplace
Soma, soul or life's mystery.
by Gary Hodges
Artists Credit: "Mystery" - by Paul Avisse
