Resolution

The salt is on my lips, and the wind tugs at my hair,

And the sun upon the waves, a light too bright to bear

And it calls, it calls to my heart, and I have no choice but dare.

Soft night wraps me around, the stars clear overhead

Like flames of ice in the sky, beyond where words are said,

Here, in my wingless flight, I rise and confront my dread.

The music whispers close, but the words are all my own

Like moths they flutter, beating their wings on walls of stone,

Till one finds the shape of truth, then into silence gone.

Flesh into softness falls, night into morning turns,

In the swift shape of days see that the soul still burns

Heeding the beautiful, owning the love it yearns.

Let these poor clumsy hands lay down the stones of life

Holding no stones to throw, humble amidst the strife

Letting the glory pierce sharper than any knife.

Here, while the years abide, under the stars and sun

Let me not turn aside from pilgrimage begun

Nor let these lame feet rest till the true journey’s done.

Not to be satisfied with any less than this:

The truth that tears me wide, and, though I stumble, miss,

Love is the air I breathe, nothing shall be remiss.