dedication

We journey through deep canyons to the center
       and there we meet our Beloved
       rising up with gladness to greet us.

She has been there all along
       waiting
       from first breath

the child
       woman
       creator 

dancer
lover
the maker of joy
the bringer of song

       come before to prepare the way
       knowing we would find the way
       knowing we would at the end remember

the journey is of our own making

       we create the road
       and the road creates us
       and what we think Other is Self
       and that which awaits our coming
       is created by our coming

as the journey creates of us
the very One we seek

- M.B., February 1999