I always wanted someone
to steal me away
on a grand sailboat
to a tropical isle,
with palms and a turquoise bay,
or in a plane
over lofty peaks
to wildflower meadows
where butterflies play.
I longed to leave my desert
the pain of this anvil heart
the boredom of my heavy-metal playlist,
find a new start.
One day the Beloved arrives
on a white stallion,
His entrance quieting the din.
He scoops me up
behind him on the saddle
and we ride toward home,
inward and yet farther in.
We skirt thunderheads
leap from cirrus to cirrus
and higher yet
into the pure empty blue
where the Music plays silently
a profound melody of freedom
a heart one with the *Hu.
We canter and canter
until He passes the reins
from His palm
to my own
and I realize
this is my horse,
my ride
and I
am home.
*In the mystical teachings, the Divine Presence given form as audible vibration.
It seems almost unfair how flowing and free your poetry comes to you, one who claims to be a novice at it. The imagery is grand and perfect and the message is both soothing and powerful. And I love the title! Thank you for sharing this jewel.
Thank you, Rudy. I’m happy to hear that you enjoyed this. It was a blessing for me to see that my wish for freedom is already granted, any moment that I choose to partake of it.
Wonderful poetry…thank you!
Today the Flow is “Breathtaking”, His presence is palpable, I Am floating in those clouds.
Your incredible contemplation helped lift me to an even higher awareness. He shines lovingly through you and I thank you for sharing with us Beloved Soul.
Andre, thank you for your loving response to this. I was driving along one day and I flashed on a novel I was currently reading, an excellent story by Nevil Shute. The protagonist, a very strong woman who had weathered many hardships including being a prisoner of war, met a man and left her life to live with him in the Australian outback. My mind thought, “Oh, wouldn’t that be something, to leave one’s life in that way.” Immediately I called on the Beloved and was transported to my own paradise right there in my car. What an amazing teaching it was for me. This poem is the result.
So beautiful honey! Isn’t it so true how when we surrender these old ideas to the Divine something else is given that is more fulfilling and sustaining……and I agree with Rudy….what a great title……..:)……..Love your love-filled writing and its amazing flow that is You expressed here………<3
What a great rewrite to an unsupportive story that far too many have trusted as their purpose and path. This frees the white knight and the maiden to accept their own empowerment and connection to universal love.
The profound journey of Sound / soul…..perfectly stated, lovingly shared….thank you Lesley….<3
Breathtaking!!! What a beautiful spiritual exercise. :))))
Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem, it conjours up such wonderful images I wish i could paint. Your words are so inspiring and uplifting, and so obviously come from a deply centred place, perhaps one day some one might publish a book of chela’s poetry, what a joy that would be.
I can feel the breeze on my face and the reins in my hand, His palpable love coursing through and around me … thank you, Sweet Soul …