Thursday, 16 October 2014

Angel Wrestling

Two lands and only one border to pass through 
Symbol of the amaranthine line
Dividing unto love entrancing two by one 

Across the luxuriant river twice
Beyond it on the Other Side the dance of two
Two spheres of living
Where parted in twain all was one

It was a lonely
Place
Where the lesser part of fear my only joy

There I met Another
From whom all run away afraid
The fearful apparition love incarnate
To whom we shut our eyes

Any destiny in any fortune – there
Was in total overcoming
But who would dare hang tight
To what of life was death?

There I fought and persevered 
And would not let go
There I learned and unlearned
And decreased by fathoms

There, where I saw in joy, myself my enemy
There I was my own trusted friend in another, greater
This ‘cruel truth’
Who would ever cling to it to win? 

But face to face with self
Was face to face with him

With all my mortal coil all night I wrestled
Yet in my struggle, fought Love personified
All through my dark I died, and died
Till I won

No more alone we two were one
In love prevailing, lighted everywhere we look!
Our mortal wound our joy, our never-ending light!




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