Where Kindred Spirits Meet

Your clouds of doubt obscure the sun of your love

As if a diamond still encased in coal,

Its rays of light unable to penetrate

The density of its dark surround,

Unless love grow in strength the tests to stand

Of all the hostile forces that deny,

Or hope is lost and we are left alone

As on a bridge that leads to the unknown,

A sad humanity devoid of grace

Unknowing that the truth within each soul

Can shatter darkness and release to light,

The golden resident within this shell

We call the ‘self’ unaware of who we are.

“Go deeper” once a voice said to me

For we in heroic struggle are not alone,

To live in radiance is why we came

And why we persevere against the tides

Of hopelessness, mistrust and enmity

That wash upon the shores of consciousness.

If you would once refuse the siren call

Of voices that assault your mind and heart

You would be free and in that freedom find

A comrade soul who stayed throughout the storm,

A steadfast friend and anchor in the sea

Of all misgivings, the depths of all despair,

Safe harbour and the beacon to the land

Where kindred spirits meet in harmony.