To Grieve

“Your Face”, RumiYou may be planning departure, as a human soulleaves the world taking almost all its sweetnesswith it. You saddle your horse.You must be going. Remember you have friendshere as faithful as grass and sky.Have I failed you? Possibly you\u27reangry. But remember our nights of conversation,the well work, yellow roses by ocean,the longing, the archangel Gabrielsaying So be it. [Finlay], your face,is what every religion tries to remember.I\u27ve broken through to longing now,filled with a grief I have felt before,but never like this.The center leads to love.Soul opens the creation core.Hold on to your particular painThat too can take you to God.My work is to carry this loveas comfort for those who long for you,to go everywhere you\u27ve walkedand gaze at the pressed-down dirt.Pale sunlight,pale the wall.Love moves away.The light changes.I need more gracethan I thought