To The Light
we do not
ask
to be born
none of us
do
and we that are
here
find out early
enough
that here
is no home
yet we stay
for a time
learning and re-learning
how to survive
and somewhere
in it
we learn
why we are here
not in function or form
process or purpose
but a matter
of depth
without measure or mile
for love is our lesson
for rich or for poor
not of the five senses
or the steps of becoming
well-traveled, rehearsed
in a life
full of distraction
there is this certainty
we carry inside
for if you have loved
like there was no love
in the world
and it broke you open
by its volume and weight
leaving particles of dust
in the air
then you know why
why you are here
and why one day
you too will disappear
from being
and like all things living
… return
TL