to God

one

merritt powers

When I feel your breath

You are the wind flowing over sunlit beach where one lies to feel caressed in wholeness touched by wind and sun in every part.

half-dreaming,

half-knowing

of meanings far beyond meaning

in the rhythm of the sea.

When I lie with eyes aclose, not-seeing, then

You beside me are the noon-time sunlight

blessing clean nakedness.

You are the live tang of salt on the lips.

You are the wordless waves quietly speaking of all that Your lover has need to know.

Nothing more is useful to know.

So I lie in Your nearness, touching You without touching You by the least gesture, complete and content ... when Your hands tug sharp at my hair

and we laugh suddenly together

and I leap to swim, and find You

far ahead of me in the sea

leading the way.

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You now become the whole sea that immerses me, and still

my Comrade in this sea laughing, daring me, leading the way,

You well know I shall follow You.

My gladness for Your love is the strength to follow You even to the Horizon.

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