You promise to be with us always
and then You leave,
but there is Truth far deeper
than our eyes perceive.
What has ascended to Heaven
remains with us here
so that what is of this earth
can touch Heaven without fear.
When my heart is weak within me,
it hears Another’s beating;
within that burning pulse, a call: “I know
you are weary. This is the Way.
Come!”
And I follow.
What keeps you closed up
in your cocoon, in fear,
is the very Life for which you long
with all your life,
The Kiss and Embrace for which you ache
and agonize ever.
Open! Open! Open now!