Poem: Truth Hidden

Truth Hidden

Whether soul mates who have lost our way home
Or shipmates who forget the reason for this voyage,
Too often, loving one or many --
As if loving ‘one’ proves loyalty
Or loving ‘many’ generosity --
truth gets hidden in the fog of our artifice.

The deceit in a too perfect kiss,
The touch without a tremble,
Façades of tenderness, passion in costume --
So well contrived,
Everyone fakes ecstasy
When deception is the starting point.

Side conversations held in shallow coves,
As if avoiding Love’s swift currents
Will somehow assure safety.
Memories of drowning
Do not serve us well on this ocean,
And I do not want to talk about the weather
When there is lightning in my heart.

Knowing home is where Love leads,
My North Star the dream of my beloved,
This traveler tries to find
The right map for these stormy seas.
Each route taken strips off the veils,
Finds a way through fog and smoke and mirrors,
Beloved - when I find you,
I will have found my way home.

-- meganthemegan 9/27/2006

Poem: For Lovey

My friend, may this day celebrate
The wise and loving woman
Whose thank you cards always seem to arrive
Just when I am feeling not so grateful;
Whose smile lights a room;
Who makes the best pineapple upside down cake
Anyone has ever tasted.

You have said your angels are letting you know
It's time to give up the struggle.
You are asking your friends to stop praying for miracles,
To just walk beside you until the time when we say goodbye.
While we hope that time is many, many years away
Forgive us if we stumble sometimes and weep,
We are still bound and blinded by earth
While you are freed by the sight of heaven before you.

-- meganthemegan 9/9/06