and again...

What is it that we really want?

...besides to be held and touched
in a way that anchors soul to earth
and not to be sabotaged, betrayed again
in the pursuit of a love life, a loving life,

no love knife flick of the wrist
casting off the dingy in the big rough waters
while you with your motor that always starts
or a perfect wind are already miles under way

and me, an expert by now in negotiating choppy seas
with only my own sheer will for oars will make
the best of being set free

totally free again to rebuild, redirect, resurrect
the holy mast of humble new beginnings.
Ever the beginning student of love - life...

October 2011