let me accept, even this most painful truth,
that my life begins and ends within my soul
for there is truly no way known
to avoid the darkness of this age
and we must read the book
so well before we
can ever turn the page
on what has been and gone before
even if its lingering tendrils and fragments
live on
tearing us from the sticking place
bidding us to reach for life
take out the knife
and cut the thread
in order to wed ourselves
to the wholeness that seeks its full expression
through the resolution of what is
passing from us
is
leaving us
Emerging From The Dark Night 