THE NET OF OUR LONGING

Wandering far
beyond vast seas and galaxies
our minds reach out

Beyond life’s web
we dream
searching for lasting beauty

But all we find
are fragments
caught in the net of our longing

And yet
And yet we stay the course
we endure

And soon
what felt like trials and losses
turn to treasure

What once were shells
tossed joylessly away
become temples

And through all danger or decay
we stay pure
steadfast

These miracles we witness ask
only to be remembered
and seen
for what they are

Invited
we enter
that blessed threshold

out of our innermost darkness
out of the chains
of fear.

Ayyā Medhānandī
© 2019