A Tear in Your Eye

Every once in a while, I write a poem, based on the tweets of a very gifted woman, by the name of Becky Bills. You can follow her on Twitter @Planethealer.

This morning I was inspired to write this one:

A Tear in Your Eye

 

“There’s a tear in your eye

that I will swim inside of,”

 

for I would gladly embrace

your pain, as if it were mine…

 

the only way out

is through it,

letting yourself be carried

by the currents

of this lifetime

 

“You can dance around it,

or with it,

either way the music

will move you…”

 

within you is all the power

and all the strength

you need

to soldier on,

for you are never alone!

 

Surrender!

to God’s luminous breath,

as Hafiz commanded

 

Shams of Tabriz,

beloved soul commanion

to the poet Rumi

wisely instructed:

 

“!nstead of resisting changes,

surrender!

Let life be with you,

not against you.

If you think,

‘My life will be upside down,’

don’t worry!

How do you know down

is not better than up?”

 

You are supported by many—

a legion of souls and beings

seen and unseen

on every plane of existence

 

I walk with you,

humbly by your side—

two steps back,

ready to shoulder a fall

 

“My light has the sun

and the moon,”

 

and I will help light

your way, and

every step you take…

 

The love of a soul companion

is without bounds—

as eternal as the Infinite…

 

Such deep affection

and connection,

is expansive and tensile,

and like—

“my room has no ceiling…”

 

The only way out

is through…

 

I see the light

at the other end

of the tunnel, and

“I am dancing underneath

this skin!”

 

There is no you—

and there is no me…

 

There is no us—

and there is no them…

 

There is only,

Always—

One

 

And as One,

 

“I watched you struggle

and realized

you were me…”

 

Yes,

“There is a tear

in your eye

that I will swim inside,”

always!

 

All shall be well!

 

(Co-written with Becky Bills, @Planethealer,

3.1.13)