This is my world, and yours,
just as we created it,
sentient and wild.

Brambly thorns,
shifting tides,
hard-as-nails streets,
beguiling lovers,
all of it just as it is.

Her only desire
that we road-weary pilgrims
throw our arms around her,
and whisper in her ear
yes!

 

photograph by Anita Albright

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading of “Her Desire” with music by John Coltrane

 

 

8 Responses

  1. Gorgeous, Don. So true—how I love to throw my arms around her true, living forms of all kinds and always say Yes! to vibrant Life. Thank you.

  2. Yes, this is my world that I have created. As I accept it and, yes, welcome it, there is joy in knowing I can create anew in this moment. Yes!

  3. She will always be true!
    This I can count on!
    Like it, or not!
    Thank God for her desire,
    Well met! Carved out by my love!
    Eternally thankful!

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