Once your heart
gives birth to love
pure and true
once you submitt
to its ancient wisdom
allowing it to nourish you
tenderly it leads
and your life is forever changed
it may turn you inside-out
challenge your most time-honored beliefs
But given free-reign
its heart that brings you blessings
heart that puts a knowing smile upon your face
But for all its Beauty, for all its Truth
no matter how thankfull we feel
its Heart we betray

we return to that shallow-way
that has no depth, no soul
that shallow way that knows not passion
as when approaching a high cliff's edge
the shallow way, halting in step
freezes in fear
in trepidation calculates
while the heart sustaind by love
sees not the edge as Journey's end
but brave in heart, leaps and soars
it flies above the valley floor

give it no thought, tho
we mortals have not eyes to see
our metaphysics, reason, protects us
instills in us a sense common
which denies "seeing" and "being"
its only Nature's Child, God's holy child
that defies reason...
but not...
no, not you and me