Dedicated to my loving rescuer

                

       Rescue Me

                      (Reading by Richard Lee Orey)

                                                Once in time a teenaged youth not yet a man daringly fled from a life 
                                                of neglect and abuse to travel alone with only the sun, the moon and 
                                                God as his companions.

                                                In his travels, he wandered into a tiny village on a remote Indian 
                                                Reservation, and his life never again would be the same.

                                                Out of the mist of his loneliness and life of singularity, he came to know 
                                                the warmth of love of a beautiful village maiden who offered unselfish 
                                                dedication and commitment without condition or pretense.

                                                Across space, he perceived her image and found himself riveted and 
                                                spellbound with her gentle, unwavering smile and luscious lips 
                                                presenting a vision where he thought only Rescue Me.

                                               The youth came to his companion unfeeling and wandering in utter 
                                               despair and met comfort and understanding.  With soulful eyes, the 
                                               maiden gazed upon him and whispered, “I’ve been waiting forever 
                                               only for you.”

                                               Trembling in his soul, succumbing to the passions of his heart, the 
                                               youth stood spellbound and hopelessly intoxicated.  One taste of her 
                                               image and he was forever lost in love, even as the maiden rescued him 
                                               from spiritual death.

                                               In her rhythm of movement, the fair maiden reigned irresistible, her 
                                               swaying hips playing like a magnet on his soul.  As he listened to her 
                                               warm, lilting laughter, she tossed her head with an infectious smile, 
                                               and with the joy of instant attraction he was swept away, ablaze in the 
                                               appeal of her alluring excitement.

                                               With the first touching of hands and soft hellos, with the easy talking and 
                                               the sharing of likes and passions and fascinations, the past of the youth 
                                               vanished, and he entered another world—a world of love and harmony 
                                               blessed with children and fulfillment.

                                               On Earth, a lifetime of seasons came and passed, but the love endured, 
                                               even as their children brought the gift of their own children, offering yet 
                                               more rapture in the Circle of Life.

                                               In this time of aging and fireside warming, the old man gives thanks to God 
                                               for the woman who answered his call of Rescue Me and knows that blessed 
                                               are those by the Great Spirit who serve their chosen companion with the 
                                               comfort and security of enduring love.

                                               Daily, now, the old man looks with adoring eyes and recites, “Only by God’s 
                                               grace do I know the secret of your abiding presence in my lodge.  Indeed, the 
                                               Creator sent you to answer my plea, Rescue Me.  Today, with wisdom born of 
                                               age and experience, my heart and soul overflow with the knowledge of a great 
                                               secret—I was made for you and you were made for me!”

                                               So mote it be.