To have been where you have been
And to still have joy,
Dazzling in your heart,
Now there’s a thing to make the whole world smile.
The light needs only our trust
And, of course, the darkness
To work its eternal alchemy.
Sublime moments refracted,
Even if only for seconds,
Caught forever in your soul.
Life, wherever it leads,
Will always be the same,
It begs for the best of you.
Such is true joy’s absolute certainty,
Its slow lit fuse that burns holes
In the shabby shroud of death forever.
The sacred bequest
Of times long spent with your heart
That saturate and illuminate you now
So piercingly…
Already I ache for all the lives
I will never be a part of.
Where once there was a void,
Now at least there are
Seeds of splendour,
Becalmed belief for another time.
Be as audacious
As you wish.
By all means look to the heavens.
In this life at least,
Our fate is rarely epic.
Maybe just as well,
Impervious heroes we are not…
Paradise is no whim.
It takes time and trust,
You see.
Sacred space in which
To distil, like amber,
The best of your love.
We too can repair our cracks with gold
And glow again.
Crazed by life,
More beautiful than ever before.
For every moment of suffering,
Others will arrive
That will instead pierce you with joy.
Once spun,
The silken thread of all our aspirations
Remains intact,
It can never be broken.
When in love or inspired,
An eternal kiss from the divine
Awaits us all.
Everyday can be extraordinary
And ripe,
Like a flower burst,
If the will is there.
A permanent path
That, once illuminated,
Goes ever onward – a way home…
Ultimately not one amongst us
Will ever be denied that,
The glimmer of a chance to shine.
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