In-Lightened Poem by Linda Marie Van Tassell

The silence is serenely spinning
in her constellation of thoughts,
plucked from the stream of consciousness.
She gazes into time and space.

In her constellation of thoughts,
she embroiders a pathway home.
She gazes into time and space,
and her heart is overflowing.

She embroiders a pathway home
in the weave of separation;
and her heart is overflowing,
springing into an eternal sky.

In the weave of separation,
she threads the present and the past.
Springing into an eternal sky,
she soars until swallowed by fire.

She threads the present and the past,
speaking the language of the heart.
She soars until swallowed by fire,
immersed in sparks of offering.

Speaking the language of the heart,
she embraces eternity.
Immersed in sparks of offering,
she sees the light awakening.

She embraces eternity
with the soft touch of her mind.
She sees the light awakening
on the fingertips of the dawn.

With the soft touch of her mind,
she spins the clouds into solace.
On the fingertips of the dawn,
she is the alchemy of light.
She spins the clouds into solace.
Deep waters bathe her ancient shore.
She is the alchemy of light
sparked in the silent filigree:

burst in breath from the poet’s pen.