I’ve made a
recent discovery that has shaken me to the core.
It’s as if
my soul is a mattress and the universe a child,
Eagerly jumping
on me for the first time,
Relishing
every bounce, every shake, every vibration,
Evoking in
me all beautiful emotions capable of being felt by a human,
Sensations
that I cannot begin to name,
Feelings
that history has not yet deemed capable of description,
Let alone
designation.
The
breakthrough is simply this:
Before you,
there was no me.
This is not
meaningless symbolism,
Or
existential metaphor that attempts to articulate a half realized truth.
As surely as
the deer will liberate it’s burdened head from it’s crown of bones,
As surely as
the glorious sun will grow weary as the days become old,
As surely as
the heart in my chest beats only to the rhythm of yours,
Surely I tell you:
Before you,
there was no me.
The feeble
fragments of my wild, aimless being tried to find a home,
Like a blind
albatross, migrating west,
Pointlessly
yearning for the warmth of destiny,
But the
clouds, and the mountains, and the bottles, and the ash,
They held me
captive,
Incarcerating
me for twenty four years,
With
promises of totality and providence,
But no
matter how many hills were climbed,
Or valleys
crossed,
Or flags raised
on global soil,
The fullness
of my uniqueness could not be realized on it’s own.
Surely I tell you:
Before you,
there was no me.
Now we share
life, and life shares us.
We are
perfectly imperfect, you and I,
Calm or
storm, meadow or desert.
A wholeness
discovered once in a lifetime,
A new breath,
a new tune, a new element yet to be discovered by man.
Because of you
I’ve found completion,
Because of
you I’ve found purpose, calling, strength, and peace.
Because of
you I’ve found life.
Because of
you, I’m unbroken.
And no
natural law on earth or in the heavens can move me.
Now that I’ve
found you, I know who I am.
Surely I
tell you:
Before you
there was no me.
Surely I
tell you:
We will walk
steadfast,
Arm in arm,
Hand in
hand,
To the edge
of eternity.
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