Love Reveals the Way

March 30, 2014

A visitor named ‘Sorrow’ came again

Reminding of my failures now and past,

But I from his enduring clutches freed

The soul to soar, the body willed to last

Beyond the ills I see in hollow men,

Their lusts, their anger and their driving greed;

This fluttering heart has found its strength through pain

That once was beaten like a withered reed.

I know the inner spirit is immune

Yet hid from me is the Beloved’s face,

A voice I hear that counsels parting soon

From life’s disharmony, the world's disgrace.

I must not leave for love reveals the way

Abrogates the night, relumes this clay.