(From the Sunday Scribblings' writing prompt: comfort)
she arrived again
so quietly
without fanfare
or drama
right there in my dreams
she came to visit
as if it was not extraordinary
as if I don't live in time
and she in eternity
as if it hasn't been
nearly 3 decades
since my heart was shattered
at her departure
suddenly
quietly
she's there
smiling
where have you been?
I ask again
she evades the question
just smiles
we are encircled
in peace
intimacy
comfort
no pretenses
no roles to play
no fears of loss
or being misunderstood
safety
a moment stolen
out of time
emptiness becomes fullness
I see every detail
as if illuminated
every laugh line
around her eyes
every color
her eyes
her hair
her face
vivid
alive
illuminated
with joy
she smiles
and it expresses
what a thousand words
cannot
there is no age
no defect of body
no difference in years
no distance in time
she comes
when I am in need
when I am a little lost
when I am weary in spirit
to envelop me
in Presence
remind me of Love
that knows no boundaries
of time or space
life or death
body or spirit
young or old
and I wake
live through the day
aware suddenly of the Now
the Spirit beyond all things visible
I walk
embraced
by eternity
healed
by
Love.
