Turiya

 

“Watch and pray.” ~Mat 26:41

All night long  

while our bodies sleep

you and I are 

one star, a Witness  

watching over them.

Their breath ascends

ever so gently

to touch our light,

then returns,

fragrant with the musk

of compassion.

Diastole of sap

unfurling petals

through a stem.

A fountain of

moonlight descending,

to moisten their bones 

with secret joy.

This is the work
of Turiya,

beyond the dream.

The one who stays

awake, the one
we really are.