Beloveds (59)

for all the Beloveds

who've seen me

in the shadows

and the Sunlight

and embraced me

in the shallows

and the Starlight

and Graced me

with acceptance

and forbearance

and carried me

even when shame

almost buried me

in desperate dependency 

and grieved with me

over painful losses

unbelievable and unbearable

and believed in me

when i couldn't

believe in my Self

(which is often

still the case)

and dreamed with me

on floating continents

in disparate timezones

of incandescent Beaches

and desired Realities

just beyond reaches

yet silently connected

by Eternal Hopes

and perpetual Possibilities

in Transcendent Infinities

the faithful Faces

of Divine Presence

emanating Traces

of Revelatory Resonance

inhabiting the Spaces

in my holey Heart

reserved for those 

who've been brave

enough to impart

their well-lived Wisdom

with fearless familiarity

and Holy Hilarity

and limitless Love

that they've shared

with me like

they've known me

from the start

and grown me

not merely in part

but more wholly 

into my true Self

a dusty

and Stardusty Sojourner 

a wounded

and Wondrous Wanderer

a bruised

and Beautiful Beloved...

Thanks.

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