The Lover's Rhapsody
Lovers pitch tents under the stars and stay up all night rhapsodizing in awe about the Soul of the Universe.
One lover begins their tale,
“This Mysterious Presence,
this Illuminating Essence,
lifts my soul with Transcendence! All illusions
dissipate into the Light.
All that’s real
shines so bright!”
Another lover shares their tale,
“The Miracle Maker,
the Heart’s Waker,
Love’s Caretaker,
the Cosmic Matchmaker, whispered to my soul
a million love poems
in one silent breath.
Ever since,
I remain wakeful,
ever-present,
in my patient waiting,
ever-yearning,
for another moment
of Love’s euphoric kiss.”
A third lover shares their tale,
“I used to look above
from below
feeling so separate
from all I wish to know,
until…
one night,
as I stared into the moonlight,
the moon whispered to my heart,
‘The brilliance you seek is what you are.’
My timid soul asked the moon,
‘Dear moon,
how do you know this to be true? You hover above
and shine such beautiful light
on all of us below.
Your brilliance is beyond anything I can ever imagine to be and anything I can ever aspire to be.
I am nothing.
You are something phenomenal.’
The moon smiled.
‘Dear soul,
is it not my light.
It is not my brilliance.
I am only a reflection
of the Brilliance
that you are.
I am only a reflection
of the Light
that you are.
You are no-thing.
You are the Delight
that makes the galaxies swirl.
You are the Infatuation
that inspires the cosmos
to passionately manifest chaos into order…
some-thing
from no-thing.’
The moonlight filled
the windows of my mind and I lost my-self.
Doubts turned to smiles, fears turned to joys,
as I became the Celestial Tune that makes constellations sing as One.”
