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just two lovers

(meditation on non-dual love for mira)

 

…the greatest sacrifices are the sweetest delights.”

-Victor Hugo

 

Beloved

 

although we are agree and do not agree

that there is nothing and there is not nothing

that there is neither time nor space, yin nor yang

you nor i for we are and are not one

 

still, i insist that we start counting these stars

that do and do not exist

 

there is fire and there is ice

the fire melts the ice

the ice quenches the fire

 

recognizing this we realize that we are and are not one but two

 

you are i are here as am i even if we insist we are not

this union between the fire and ice is not two but one

this union is not higher love nor lower love

but love itself

which is one

 

very few woman and even fewer men

can conceive of love

realize that love sacred and profane

is the only true religion

is life itself

 

the lover deifying the beloved

the beloved deifying the lover

the golden sun shining for the silver moon

the silver moon darkly reflecting the sun’s golden light

together create the lightness that is nothing without the darkness

the lightness within the mirror mirroring the mirror within the darkness

 

without devotion and passion

without great sacrifice, dark to light, light to dark

there is only nothing, nothing is nothing without something

there is neither sweet darkness nor bitter lightness

 

i have sought you forever mirabai

out of the many in the endless throng

i have heard you call my name

 

we are as necessary to each other

as the sun is to the moon

both to the infinite stars that lie beyond

 

out of the starry starry night

i come to you

one from among many

i am your one

you are my one

 

together we are not two but one

just two lovers within each other

one just one

 

Beloved

 

i come serenading i come

 

mark christopher valentine

(june 8, 2301)