There I Stood

There I stood with two who did not push or pry
And I thought, "This feels just right."

There I stood under the downpour of falling water
And I felt free and full of energetic existence

There I walked with Words of Truth being spoken
And I was encouraged in my spirit

There I spun 
And I felt alive

There I danced
And I was unhindered

There I laughed
And I shared joy

There I sat in front of a rainbow decorated waterfall
And I wept from beauty while receiving love from the Most Beautiful

There I knelt before a crystallized patterned half-frozen lake
And I could only worship the Majestic One

There I sat surrounded by mountains of splendor when the road could not be traveled
And I could only surrender to our Creator

In that surrender was the years' disorienting thoughts
And all my hopes and dreams, all my fears and failures

In that kneeling was the acknowledgement of my finitude
And the conceding of my perceived entitlement to answers

In that sitting was the stillness unexpectedly enveloped with overflowing emotion 
And never had perfected gifts captivated my heart in such a way

There I had stood between two souls without know what was ahead
And there my being was skillfully, beautifully, artfully restored and quieted

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