LIKE A CHILD

Time has changed me

I am no longer hard as rock

I am falling into you

Falling into reasons and beliefs I thought not possible

I was always like steel

Now I am like the petals of a young sprouting flower

Red like the poppies in a huge open corn field

Fragile, yet so safe, within the vastness and emptiness of your meadow

With you I am shrouded with your knowledge and wisdom

Your safe abode of tranquillity and love.

I no longer look for dangers

No longer do I travel down the road of destruction

I now follow your path of stability

Like a soldier returning from war

After facing the bitter battles of twisted emotions and ambiguity

I reach to your door, with relief and gratitude

Grateful that I have survived this world of perplexity

You hold me with the strength that I feed upon

Like a mother feeding her child

I drink your love and longing, your power