There is only this life
And the ways of running
Away or towards
The beating of your own heart
Life blood pumping
In systole and dyastole
Moving through you like
The force of the wave
Taking you to the depths of anguish
Inside the flood
Or to the place where light burns through
Rivers of fire
The storms of life that met you
The silence is anything but silent
At times it is full
Of the voices of ghosts
Saying things probably untrue
Will you listen
Or will you choose to take your fate
Within your own hands
Open your body
Even as the terrorist
Convinces you that death
Will bring about the ending
Of everything
How to live
Within the maelstrom of it all
How to summon up whispers of new life
From piles of ashes
How to dance
Even under threat of death
As the reaper smiles from the shadows
When angels gather close to you
Whispering secrets of love
How to find
The way to live
Open to the depths
Of your heart?
