It amazes me sometimes
how close You are.
All that is needed is
a moment
to leap out of myself
and into your breath.
I breathe in
and there You are –
and I am suddenly larger…
kinder –
to self
and beyond self.
You whisper… “See?”
And then, “Settle yourself.”
And then, “No worries.”
Finally, “Be the Love you are.”
Oh, for the presence of mind and heart
to remember this!
You are never far away
and I belong to You –
like a bird belongs to its song,
and the moon belongs
to the sky.
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2019