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.

Great Union

by Shannondoah

i wrap your

love around

me

like a warm

blanket

on cold

nights

your essence

comforts,

soothes

and consoles

my heart

amidst it all

we

rise like

the 

butterflies

unto the sun

expanding

and

transforming

the readiness

of our Beings

prepares us 

for

the 

Great Union

celebration

by LALLA (India)

Playfully you hid from me.

All day I looked.

Then I discovered

I was you,

and the celebration

of That began.