Deepest Longing, Greatest Fear

Roaring breakers,
Pound t’ward the land.
Bare icy feet
Stride ‘cross the sand.

Clean bracing wind
Whips strands of hair.
Streams past my ears,
The whistling air.

Bright sunbeams strike
My smiling face.
Sky’s azure blue
Wears clouds of lace.

Ocean’s deep thrum
Brings bubbling joy,
But freezing fear
Delight destroys.

That day, I walked
The beach alone
I saw at last
What I most loved—

Eternal sea
And boundless waves,
Sky blue, sun’s diamond
Rays above.

And yet, that day
I also knew
The end of me
I dreaded most—

To drown at sea,
Ice cold and tossed,
While choked the breath
From my life’s throat.

This truth, I see,
As I grow close
To death’s embrace,
Oh, dread delight.

We fear the most
Our hearts desire,
We love the most,
What we most fight.

We deeply long
For home. Go home!
One with the Source
From whence we came.

Our greatest fear?
To lose ourselves
Absorbed into
Life’s force again.

Annihilation—
Love’s abyss.
Union—
End of separateness.