Secret

[Guest guest]

i've told You that

i love You

 

by now

You know it's true –

 

i've loved You long before

You knew, before

i knew it too

 

so shall i share a secret now

like that fool upon the hill?

 

part of You already knows

the rest of You soon will:

 

Love is the seed and flower of Life

yes, and it's the root

but it is not the ground, at last --

the ground of Life is Mute

 

if any wish

they can call it

Love

 

many lovers do

 

they name this ground

the heart, the silence

the infinite

the true

 

and though i speak of seeds and flowers

roots and ground and such

 

It is really none of these

 

nor am i nor You

 

when they ask me

why i'm here

i've always said

 

"for love"

 

and this has always been my song

since first i opened up this eye

 

but if today You ask me

 

"Why...?"

 

i must confess

with poignant sigh:

 

after all is said of love

it's really none of the above

 

and if You were to ask me then

why i tell You so:

 

i wander through this dream like You

in summer's heat and winter's snow

 

but what then of these words of love

that i have shared with You?

 

my dear & precious Love, you see

i tell You now and it is true:

 

Beloved, Darling of my heart –

 

You are me

as

I am You