a soft wind
chasing the leaves
as fall is falling
towards decay
leaving only
the raw structure
of nature
to endure
the transformation
embracing
facing
and embracing
the shadow
of shame
is inevitable
on the path
to reconciliation
reason
when the door
to the deeper meaning
of everything
for one reason
or the other
has been closed
the gates to the tyranny
of emotions
are left
wide open
unanimous
accepting
our weaknesses
opens the door
to compassion
though it might not lead
to unanimous admiration
mockery
when mockery has become
the way
to respond
to vulnerability
love is often lost
in translation
as the one being
vulnerable
and ridiculed
might not see the fun of it
personal
coming to faith
can only be
a personal path
and yet
we never walk it
alone
shrub
when being transparent
no longer means
being invisible
rather
that the light of the soul
is given to shine
freely
into the world
somewhere
somehow
a grain of determination
has grown into a shrub
of love
wishing
trying to explain
the unexplainable
is like wishing to fathom
the unfathomable
where all we are asked
is
to lean back
and
receive
in acceptance of
who we are
and what we will
never be
urgency
no longer to
neglect
the urgency
of the call
we are all
here
to answer
in our own
specific way
defining
no longer to be
dependent on
projections
in order to define
the worth of
who we are
is an essential step
towards inner freedom