THE ONE YOU ALWAYS SOUGHT

THE ONE YOU ALWAYS SOUGHT

Who will love youwhen everyone disappears(including the oneswho promisednever to disappear).

Who will be therewhen the surfaces have gone,when the walls have crumbled,when the horizon has fallen.

Who will embrace youwhen you feel unembraceable,unworthy, far from home.Who will staywhen the world has fled,when its armies have retreated,when the darkness has descended.

When even Orpheus will not go down.Who will keep every promise.Who will never turn away.Who will not die, nor turn absent.Who will walk each step with you.Hand in hand.

Never behind, never ahead.Never judgemental of your constant evolution.The One you longed for,The One you always sought,The One who lived in your heart for a billion yearswas always yourself,naked, open, present, aflame.

Too close to name.Too near to find.You are never lonelywhen you are with yourself.

- Jeff Foster —