Close Up

Remember when

you dressed my wounds

and told me then

you would always love our times together

but that was never

what it seemed

as you were always

leaving.

And returning
but not really here.
You were bleeding
all over the place
and never facing what was true
never being the real you.

Sometimes you still
call in
to see
what is going on with me.

Here today is my plea. 

Hear me. 

Stay a while and listen to my heart beat.

Come in closer and really meet

Trust 

Honesty 

Tolerance 

Gentleness

What Joy that would be 

Defenselessness for me to see

Generosity to give away all you value here,

and Patience now and for all time 

Faithfulness with an Open-mind.

If every word was ever heard
Love would sing, and light would bring
a truly wondrous way to be
living with Simplicity.

This came to me on June 4, 2019

As a student I now find different ways into the verse.

This is a re-post from 2019 with a photo taken on November 14, 2024
at Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens, Crafers, South Australia