Rose of My Soul

9/19/00

I have seen her on the summit steps of being

And sought her in the sweep from sea to sky

Glimpsed her golden through an inner seeing

And bowed before her luminous majesty.

I voiced my disputation with the night

Its stubborn opposition and transgress

Of truth that built the world for joy and light

And life that lives alone by Her largesse.

I have sung to her my earth-born melodies

That chant the strains of peace mid turbulence

Of sect and creed and outworn verities

And ego's rule and mind's inane pretence.

Now I come to Her towards life's long close,

Place at Her feet the sacrificial rose.