Volume 6 | Issue 2 | June-July
2012 |
Tracking the Beloved
Teresa E. Gallion
Your eyes drink the nectar
of love’s light.
Your hands touch sight.
Your heart floats
in lotus blossoms.
Your scream is heard
across the universe.
Your legs freeze in place
unable to break
the map of fear around you.
Taste the scent of violets
opening their wings for you.
Ride with ecstatic joy
as a warm-blooded wind
loosens the terrorist hold
on your awakened soul.
Your ears are called home
to the naked kiss
of the Beloved’s arms.
Listen.
Follow your heart
down the trail blazed path.
It knows the way
to the Beloved’s cabin.
Teresa E. Gallion - Teresa E. Gallion completed her undergraduate work at University of Illinois Chicago and her Masters Degree in Psychology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She recently retired. Her work has appeared in numerous Journals and Anthologies. She has a chapbook, Walking Sacred Ground and a CD, On the Wings of the Wind. Her most recent book is Contemplation in the High Desert (quatrains inspired by the poetry of Rumi). The surreal high desert landscape and her personal spiritual journey influence her writing. When she is not writing, she is committed to hiking the enchanted desert landscapes. You may preview her work at http://teresagallion.yolasite.com and http://www.michaeljohnhallmusic.com.
