For Suzanne Joinson
words that pull upon the heart
are what she writes
open to the breath
to take in and meditate upon
reflect this great journey and the learning it brings
each encounter a dance of souls
to hold close or let go
a map to read
a compass to lead
to form into that which is
what it is to be
the sadness, the joys
giving and receiving
and then on again
through what is brought, what comes up
until face to face
with the beloved you will not leave
but take with you
in the ever moments of your truth
to find
the place
where we end is where we start
in the great surrounding womb
the great freedom
hand in hand
Poem written 26 December 2016 inspired by these words in A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson 2012 "that face that is only for me to read and know, beloved: the other side of your carefully constructed life, the other side of the map: an opposite - yes, I love you that far. That long."
Photo from Portugal.