If I be weak of courage,
help me me yet embrace
the unknowable beauty
of all that I am.
Let me not shrink from pain,
nor turn my gaze from darkness.
May I smile in welcome
as I dissolve into the iridescent flame
of every voice that sings within.
If I be consumed
like waves upon the rocks,
then let me embrace both rock and spray
that flies into the sun.
Shall I blame the sun that warms,
because it also burns?
help me me yet embrace
the unknowable beauty
of all that I am.
Let me not shrink from pain,
nor turn my gaze from darkness.
May I smile in welcome
as I dissolve into the iridescent flame
of every voice that sings within.
If I be consumed
like waves upon the rocks,
then let me embrace both rock and spray
that flies into the sun.
Shall I blame the sun that warms,
because it also burns?
Ruth Davmor