Before

“I must have known you before,
Sweet friend:
Wide-eyed yet fierce in your karate gi,
Sharing your Boone’s Farm and pot with me,
Crashing into hedges.
From the start, you seemed so familiar,
Always you knew me better;
I felt certain I knew you
Before.

I must have known you before,
Sweet man;
You evoked the aesthetic and earthy in me,
Admitted the love you carried for me,
Then stepped beyond my reach.
When I read of the lover
Crying out across the sea,
I realized that we
Had loved each other
In so many lives
Before.

I must have known you before,
Sweet husband,
Intelligent, sensual, wise;
The depth of your soul
Shines out through your eyes.
When we talked that night I could see
The faces we wore in that other life,
when your protector was me;
Then I listened in awe
As you spoke
The same recollection to me.
I know we have loved
So deeply
So many times
Before.”

I am One

“O infinite, sacred One
from whom all creation springs;
Fount of abundant life
outpouring through all things;
kindle my voice, that I might sing.

All-knowing, omnipotent One,
Source of everything yet to be;
Wellspring of knowledge and wisdom
that flows eternally;
open my eyes, that I might see.

O radiant, shining One
who has kindled every star;
dwelling at the core of me,
yet reaching infinitely far;
fill me with your sacred light
until I overflow,
keep your presence within my sight,
so I may ever know
I am One.”

The Supper Blessing

“O radiant Moon
and blazing Sun,
reflections
of the Mother and Father;
Fertile Earth
and life giving Water,
Breath of Life
and transforming Fire,
All of Nature sustaining us together;
We give great thanks.”
from the novel Between the Sun and the Moon