heart lantern

come
bring your candles
bring the lantern of your heart
and strike the flame high
we are beloved friends, so long
warming each others' homes

come I will kindle the coals of you
and you will flare the fire of me, my life, my heart
lantern


this is the truest gift, vibrant, brighter
than spring air or bloom—
in the middle of cloud lid and winter's promise
of silence, of grey quiet,
we break out in lanterning, in frolic

this is why they call it housewarming.
friend the gift of your presence is a lantern
whose light will stay with me,
heart gladdening,
ever resuscitating, alive,
a beacon in memory and
kindling the skin, the fiber of me
my heart and health,
a full moon smiling, then wax and waning,
ever replenishing, visit and visit again,
brighter than bright and wholeness creating,

bright and beaconing again,
infinite and warm.

providing guidance, surefooted, dancing.
ever replenishing, visit and visit again,
brighter than bright and wholeness creating,
bright and beaconing,
infinite and warm.

excerpt, r2