Purpose Revealed

Pause, be still for a moment
and consider that what you see
as missing, empty, your whole life
is simply awareness
of the first few lines of a poem
an image to be painted
undeniably touched and yet
still hidden from your view

It may be that you travel
and cover many miles
searching for your passion
meeting many people
each with their own story
and suitcase still to fill

Excitement may enter
to bring new passion
only to slip again
through your fingers
back into its great mystery
and out of your view

And then, just sometimes
joy will come to dance
several years with you
and without warning
it will disappear
leaving you
small and alone
with only the memories
of how alive you felt
in its presence
only in its presence
now gone from view

Now of mind
be quiet and cease
longing for one day
there you are, all you are
as you reflect upon
what is with you now
and what has been before
you will see differently
now your heart is open
and stillness tells its tale

Tears gather, softly fall
in remembrance of your pain
as radiance moves through
and you open to embrace
life, its wholeness
and its span

All searching subsides
now and until
the ending of all time
your beloved will shine
in all the faces you see
and all the questions asked
and happiness does not elude
freedom will be present
not only in the great expanse
of journeys made afar
but in the smallest detail
as you hold a hand and smile