I want to do for you
what the sun does for me—
coax you to come
outside, to breathe in
the golden air.
I want to enter you
and warm you,
fill you with brilliance,
make your muscles melt,
make your mind shush.
I want to prepare for you
luminous paths
that span across deep space,
thaw any part of you
that feels frozen,
find any cracks
and slip shine into them.
Your shadow, I want to intensify it
so you might better know
your own shape.
I want to encourage you
to open, wider, wider,
want to teach you
to write your name
in light.
Find this poem published in the amazing ONE ART POETRY
Rosemerry, this poem so clearly articulates a poet’s calling – especially “to intensify / your shadow / so you might better know / your own shape”. [I both write and read poetry to better see my Self. Kinda like upping the contrast while processing a digital image, some poems spotlight aspects otherwise beyond awareness.]
Ah, thank you, Jazz … yes, I love your take on this.
Wait, have you started using shrooms? 🙂
ha! Is that what it’s like?? Perhaps I should try!