Transformation- poetry

By Lisa Tolbert

I’ll skip a page because I can.

The page will wait for me

as I wait for you.

In quiet,

in calm,

in stillness,

in trust.

Of darkness and light,

Of ugliness and beauty.

All of the contrasts

in life in me

converge

and I will wait for you.

In hours dark

and quiet deep in the night,

There is a fullness

that swallows the emptiness,

and grows greater still.

In releasing my breath,

I release you.

I see that things

are clearer when

I stand alone

in my empty handed heart.

There is no pain in love,

when love is real.

There is only light.

Darkness cannot abide.

And I inhale the light only

To breathe back into the night.

More light.

I stop trying to

explain,

steer,

control,

dictate,

direct,

plead,

bargain,

drown,

deny,

subvert,

subjugate,

dominate,

win,

and I am free!

To be.

In this moment,

all there is.

And grief abates,

panic drops,

sadness lifts,

longing leaves,

craving ceases

anger dissolves,

and there is truth!

Pure and simple.

And I AM.

Again

Always

Forever.

I AM.

And I will wait for you.