Peacefully the Dove

Hold the memory of the last time

like I would a precious dove,

close to the breast.

When in your arms entangled

my bones do rest,

breathe the breath

of the blessed.

I cherish the thought of your eyes,

so gently and brightly on me,

yet so like a spirit sword

of one who shaped my soul.

On fiery anvils held by angels,

by God’s will hammered,

in a blaze of chosen words

spoken by eternal lips,

the spirit forms we hold

were given shape and glowed

as the life force flowed

from the breath of eternal lips.

Your soul and mine are one,

wedded and welded in one.

So seek the moment of the next time.

Peacefully the dove

awaits her one true love.

 

Vicente Reyes

April 18, 1995

 

 

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