sinking into the beloved

[Guest guest]

dear brother and sisters....soon white wolfe will migrate from his

residence in the sierra nevadas to his home in holland.....the

afternoon thunderstorms in the Beloved's Range of Light as these

mountains were called by Ansel Adams are one of the many memories his

heart will cherish and treasure....^^~~~~

further up and further in,

 

white wolfe

 

 

 

sinking into the beloved

 

…Heaven and earth come together in harmony

and sweet rain falls everywhere…”

-Lao

Tzu

dark, turbulent clouds

assemble and converge

hover in empty blue skies

waiting to flood and deluge sun parched mountains

 

i am the first lover of my beloved

i am the secret shaman of mirabai’s nectar

i am sober only when drunk on her

divine love

 

bright, earth’s jagged edge

greedy and gnashing granite

a gaping maw of insatiable thirst

eager to be drunk and rape what hovers eternally above

 

i am the last cloud dancer to dance for mira

i am the true lover who dances with her in the

darkness

i am the illicit and faithful lover of

she who is my holy one

 

silence, before the storm, stillness

the endless wail of a lone wolfe

muting the starving hum and buzz of creation

halting even the restless winds eagerly blistering the lofty peaks

 

suddenly and without further warning

lightening, thunder flares, thundering, lightening roars

without warning and suddenly further

 

drunk on thirst, too eager for love

wantonly the mountains rip open and rape the clouds

sorrowful raindrops and joyful tears dance on my burning cheeks

heaven’s dewy lips kiss me and quench the earth’s parched mouth

 

i am shivering with warm delight,

i am heaven’s timpani rolling and earth’s cymbals crashing

i am all creation quivering in the

soft wind and sweet rain

standing in the alpen glow i sink deeper, deeply sinking, still deeper, in the glow

i am the incandescent sun sinking into the streaming indigo haze of beloved’s applause

 

oh my beloved mirabai,

 

lifetimes ago i gave myself to you and now, even now in solitude,

my body, my mind, my heart, all that i am belongs to you, you are the one

 

 

mark christopher valentine

(june 1, 2001)