Grace

She left in her wake

Ripples of gold

Torrents of love

Written in her headstone stone–

She wanted to be

remembered for

courage

Like Grania O’Mally

Like Jean d’Arc

Like Sita the wife of Ram

She loved deeply

She lived life well

She inspired all of those

unsuspecting souls who

had the grace to witness her smile

And if you ever unleashed her anger

you’d know it was just love in disguise

They were enamored with the Goddess

She always did as she pleased

She always had it her way

And had the very last word

Perhaps the joke was on her

Perhaps she lived

life too forcefully

A modern-day pirate

She left us picking up the pieces

of our dismantled souls

She left instructions and no way to read them

On a very rare

rainy day

she’d leave you covered in kisses–

Bandages for the broken

and

she’d put you back together again 

I dance for love

For it is with these words that I

tell you how I love thee

It is with these hands that I show

you how much I care

It is with this body that I

dance for you

My soul pouring out

oozing

like golden honey

Sticky with sweet delight

I rejoice

Gopala as my guide I

churn the cream of this life

into butter of forever love and

adoration

I kneel at the feet of the

Divine

No

I do not pray on top of a mountain

I do not pray

underneath a tree

I do not seal myself up in a

cave

It is here

on the dance floor

where I worship

My heartbeat is the rhythm of my mantra

My footsteps pound out the foundation of my thoughts

My breath becomes the invocation

the very words which my heart

are offering as an expression of thanks

addressed to God 

Oh world, give me a sign

Oh world, take me by the hand

And lead your daughter to her next adventure

Oh world, take my heart into your precious hands

And don’t tell me I’m not good enough

Because I won’t believe it

Not even for an instant

Oh world, cradle this body in your humble embrace

So that I may better know the meaning of a single touch

Oh world, unfold before me the greatness that you have in store

For it is in your secrets

That truth can be told

Oh world, please do not hide your love

It is not fair

Your illusive nature

It is only sane that you should

Call me into being

And ring my name from the

Highest mountaintop

Oh world, don’t go stomping on my dreams

Because it is through your words that I have learned

The importance of connection

Oh world, how could you let him leave?

How could you let him go and not leave a single sign to where, or if

Or what

Or who

            Or why

                        Or how am I supposed to finish this task of being human

This task

I asked, but none was given

Oh world, how come you are so cold

On days when I need you to be the warmest

Oh world, do you know the power you have

Over

This poor soul

Oh world, stop your tricks, and give me something

TANGIBLE

Oh world, I beg of you

One simple favor

An answer in response to my desperate cries for guidance

A sign when I’m straining my eyes

At least a clue that might direct me to

Your benevolence

Not off the edge of that cliff that is looming

Ever nearer

Oh world, how can I repay you for all that I have received

Oh world, don’t go holding out on me,

Not now, not right now

And don’t you go takin’ me for granted either