awakening

Under a blanket of stars

you showed me a loss so profound

it stole my breath away

while you watched me struggle

deep inside the death

of all I now know now

could never continue to live

inside my chest

and on those nights

as the ocean breathed

and it seemed that there would be no reprieve

from the relentlessness of this bodily suffering

you held me close

whispering intimations from ghosts

long past

and then it was

I lost my way

and stumbled deep within the dream of past

disappearing

energy held captive

by the tidal pull of death

you stirred

from within my soul

a deeper knowing

than I could ever hope to articulate

and so now if I can only find a way to breathe

when love breaks open the wounds of fear

spilling blood

then it truly is

all well and good

if I come undone

for only nature knows the truth of this

has witnessed both

the burning and the flood

that led my soul

on to awakening