BEFORE YOUR FACE

[David Sparenberg]

If you are dreamed of
then you are gold in the alchemy of dreams
If you are imagined
then you are the sculpting of imagination
If you are touched
then heaven and earth are poetry
following the curvature of your motion
If you are loved
love is fulfilled in your body and soul:
the swollen cherry and the blood orange
in the bough
the light of night’s
infinite wheeling stars

When I listen to the quiet
embracing the peace of wild places
suddenly I feel that
you are whispered
in the feathered breathing of angels
Because of you
I think like a mountain
and am
powerful and spiritually grounded
Because of you
I flow into
the humble heartbeat of the valley
and awaken (before your face)
in the love songs of creation

David Sparenberg
26 Feb. 2012