A Touch of Light in the Dark of Wisdom (for Nona)

The charismatic journey teacher paints

A Caravaggio in every room, light and shadow

To be sensed, seen, sown. And mourned,

Grieving, witnessed aloud. For a

Crazy wisdom does speak in the life of light

That yearns to be shared. In questions

Trust and intimacy, awakening and sleep,

Agency and doubt abound.

There is more than one way to skin a cat,

We say, when we neglect or hide the pain of it.

Are you drawn to the light? Dream

Into the shadow, learn the blood, sweat

And tears of all the worlds’ pains.

Does the darkness tear at your heart?

Allow it to break open yourself, for only

Love of a heart revealed can see

Light in the chaotic holy dark.

There are many ways to skin a community,

We say, when one and all: to protect innards,

To give shade from the glare of the piercing sun

To create a container that can hold and

Behold, know and be known, love

Like a geyser within one and for all.