Guide Upon the Way

Carefully I moved, the night was wrapped

Around the stone-clad fortress of the mind.

Sleep, unwelcome stranger, had become

An irritant to one who slept so well,

And could set the mind's alarm to wake at dawn

From the deep recess of dream with one command.

I walked as one familiar with the dark

And sought the spring that promised my rebirth

And found instead the answer to my search

Upon the border of the subtle worlds,

One who welcomed me into his house of light.

Now through the bright and dark times and the grey

He is with me who shall not ever leave

And She the fount of all our sustenance.

Though pain and grief have had their way with me

I have learned persistence from the roots

Of Juniper hanging from the cliffs

Above the precipice and unconcerned

For time and wind and vagaries of storm,

Hold fast, as must we all, to love and life

And cling to truth, our guide upon the way.