Have you found your piece of unity?

 Is true intimacy based on sacred work?

A silent whispered prayer which should be mutually exchanged to be seen, held, and allowed inside someone’s truth.

Not to fix it, but to witness it, and be changed by it.

A poem about yearning for deep emotional intimacy and the courage it takes to truly know and be known by someone.

To know that life and relationships can be messy and fleeting, but even brief, genuine connection is sacred and worth fighting for.

Some say to truly embrace someone, you have to know all their everything.

The secrets, trauma, hopes, and dreams.

To help build something.

Have you found your piece of unity?

Title.

The Red Rose. 

(A lone voice whispers)

Like the last wild summer wind to blow

I sometimes pray to caress all the deep inner recesses of your mind 

Where even the brightest sunlight can never seem to reach or go

To breach the heart shaped fortress, hidden just below, your soft skin

To piece your soul with only two goals

To rejoice in the magic of loves, million and one things

 

Whatever this life brings

Silently singing 

Hallelujah

To be together in this mess, to eventually win, if only for thirty minutes or less

Holding hands spellbound, with utmost trust and belief

In the sometimes hard, spiritual and emotional process

(C) Copyright John Duffy 

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