Deep Workings

Deep Workings 8/4/2014

A longtime forever

Has slowed to a crawl

But it doesn’t really matter how fast

When you are heading for a cliff. 

Exhaustion weighs on the mind

And pulls you down like a weight

Making every effort

Almost more,

Than we can bear. 

I can feel my heart speed up

And I can feel it

Slow down

As I labor to breathe

And labor to live.

Sitting standing or falling

We fight against inertia

As forces we cannot control

Wear us down

And use us up. 

Something inside

Beats against life

All because we have fallen

And all because

We don’t know. 

A secret remains

Like a switch in the soul 

And we remain unable

To turn it on

Or off. 

Time will tell

And God will reveal

Every detail

And every secret. 

Life also wells up

And springs eternal

From nothing everything

The essence

And the joy.    

We are information

And like everything else

We ride on waves

Inside our bodies. 

What is dead will fall away

But what is real will flourish

Transforming us

Into something

More lasting.    

We will fly

And we will return

Once again

Finding each other

In a new, and deeper way