miracle

by Shannondoah

I’d cross

every ocean

Follow every

star

Travel through

each galaxy

And ascend

every 

lifetime

for just

one

communion

with you

again

love 

has

no limit

love 

is

a miracle

reedsong

by Rumi

Persia (Afghanistan)

All day and night, music

a quiet, bright

reedsong. If it

fades, we fade.

silent heart

by Shannondoah

O great silent

heart

beloved love

we travel 

in the astral

planes

and sing

together at 

dawn and dusk

O great silent 

one

Great Mystery

beloved love

touch my hand

and 

see

my eyes

hear

my sound

feel

my embrace

loving you in 

all ways

always

we 

are 

connected

love of God

by Dante

Italy

The love of God, unutterable and perfect,

flows into a pure soul the way that light

rushes into a transparent object.

The more love that it finds, the more it gives

itself; so that, as we grow clear and open,

the more complete the joy of heaven is.

And the more souls who resonate together,

the greater the intensity of their love,

and, mirror-like, each soul reflects the other.

our truth

by Shannondoah

Our truth 

unfolds as we

open Our hearts

more and more

each sunrise

and every

sunset

love is all there is

really, when 

meditating

on

Great Mystery, 

Our Source

within and 

without

Love is Our Everything

All Our Relations

love brought us

together

and it can

bring us back 

home

to Ourselves

and then

to Each Other 

when the words stop

by Hafiz 

Persia (Iran)

When

the words stop

and you can endure the silence

that reveals your heart’s pain

of emptiness

or that great wrenching-sweet longing,

that is the time to try and listen

to what the Beloved’s eyes

most want to

say.

sage

by Shannondoah

words

on this page

burn like

sage

smoke in the

air

it doesn’t always

feel fair

sometimes 

i think

i can’t 

take one more

minute

without you

in my arms

you holding 

me

to your heart

breath upon

breath

forever love

beloved

scriptures

by LALLA (India)

To learn the scriptures is easy,

to live them, hard.

The search for the Real

is no simple matter.

Deep in my looking,

the last words vanished.

Joyous and silent,

the waking that met me there.

mountains

by Shannondoah

i love you

in the mountains

i love you

in the sky

i love you

in the midnight

and the morning

all the while

i wake up

in the sunshine

and dream 

of you

and smile

i imagine

our love

is like the 

stars

infinite, 

like a 

wild 

song

i became you

by MAHADEVIYAKKA (India)

When the body becomes Your mirror

how can it serve?

When the mind becomes Your mind

what is left to remember?

Once my life is Your gesture

how can I pray?

When all my awareness is Yours,

what can there be to know?

I became You, Lord, and forgot You.

gravity

by Shannnondoah

not sure 

where gravity

went or

how 

it’s gone

i’ve been praying

day and night

for that ole

gravity to turn

back on

and bring us

together, reunited 

as one

and i can 

almost

feel your hands,

your heart

your whole self

breath

upon breath

i’m choosing 

trust

Spirit’s gonna

get it all

going

you and me

hey i’m a believer

and i don’t

give up

love is the 

only truth

we have

this trust 

lives

in each other’s 

hearts

infinite love, beloved

roots

by St.Francis of Assisi 

Italy

Our hands imbibe like roots,

so i place them on what is beautiful in this world.

And I fold them in prayer, and they

draw from the heavens

light.

wholeness

by Shannondoah

the wholeness

within me

connects to

the holyness

within you

from the stars

we began

embarking on

this journey

of love

unifying All there Is

with our love

caterpillar

by Victoria Hamilton

‘In Search of Joy’

The crawling caterpillar

Prints on spring moist sand

(with unseen fuzzy feet)

Promises of butterfly wings

And other summer things

beyond time

by Shannondoah

i love you

beyond time

yes, i love you

within time

and without

it

this love of

the heart

this love of

my heart

sudden wind

by Victoria Hamilton

‘In Search of Joy’

A sudden wind

Has swept the swallows

To the sea

To dip and turn.

Foam flecked

By the thundering power

Of those roaring giants

Who fall in crushing folds

Of sea-spawned storms

They soar

and soar

and soar.

discover

by Shannondoah

infinite garden

of my heart

meet me

in the flowers

follow all the

stairs along

the blessed

dirt path

where our

sunshine lights

the world

full of Love

watering the sacred ones,

nurturing each 

other

we discover

Home

truth

by LALLA (India)

I went everywhere with longing

in my eyes, until here

in my own house

I felt truth

filling my sight.

my heart is free

by Shannondoah

My heart

is free

so

i Am free

my love

is limitless

so

i Am limitless

my heart

has always

been

with your heart

as yours

has 

always been with 

mine

wrapped in 

each others’ 

Purity,

Joy

continuously 

flows

shines a Light

in every

dark night

a moment

by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907)

A Moment

The clouds had made a crimson crown

     Above the mountains high.

The stormy sun was going down

     In a stormy sky.

Why did you let your eyes so rest on me,

      And hold your breath between?

In all the ages this can never be

      As if it had not been.

loving you

by Shannondoah

loving you

i’ve experienced

the greatest joys

and

the deepest sorrows

i’ve swam to

the depths of

my soul

within my

heart’s ocean

i’ve leaped 

off the highest

cliffs of Faith

carrying Trust

in one hand and

Surrender in the

other

i’ve felt loved, felt lost

and then felt loved again

all in one

moment

amidst the 

greatest challenges

i am still Rising

i Rise with

a Full Heart

i Rise with 

Passion and

Honor

i Rise with

a clear, grounded

strength

and

i sing the Unity song

with Love, With Love,

with Love

timing

by Sarah Maguire (b.1957)

Perfect Timing

The night I fell in love with you I lost my watch:

stripping off at the sea’s edge, it fell into the dark

as I swam out into a night thick with stars,

with fisherman calling from one lit boat to another

of their catches and harbours, leaving for the dawn.

Imagine it now, plunged deep in cool sand, still hidden

years later, grains ticking over it one by one-

as your hands slide into me and I move to their pulse.

morning sun

by Shannondoah

in the depths

of my soul

roses bloom

infinitely

every morning

my prayers

to the sun

include

you

our hands

by St.Francis of Assisi (Italy)

Our hands imbibe like roots,

so I place them on what is beautiful in this world.

And I fold them in prayer, and they

draw from the heavens

light.