Love one another, but make not a bond of love

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous.
But let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together;
For the pillars of the temple stand apart.
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
Let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.

From "The Prophet" by Kahil Gibran

No trace

You slip through the room
Invisible, hidden behind a mask
Running, fleeing from touch
Leaving no trace

The music hides even your breath
A struggle
Yesterday and today
Making sure no one hears

In your eyes
A deep sadness
In your breath
A longing for what you run from

Hidden so well
Maybe even from you?

Free

Yesterday
When our eyes met
My heart opened up
Silently loving
Breathing deeply
In your presence
















There in the night
You drop a little pebble
Into the still waters
Calmly whispering

Can you let me be free?

Little ripples travel across the waters
My heart embracing your whisper
Deep in the still waters

There in the dawn
You turn to my heart
Dropping stone after stone
Whispering

What do you expect?




















In the light of the day
The waves rise and break
Currents rage

The heart freezes
Grasping for air
Almost believing
That whisper

You feel the cold
The hardness in every move

Then as the sun sets
Deep down in my heart
The pebble moves
Cracking and gently
Melting the ice

Can you let me be free?














Tonight it rests
In my hearts calm embrace
A soft whisper touching you
My love knows no cages
Be free

Regina Lindau, 23 May 2009

Dance

It is quiet
The noise of the day is gone

There is only the voice of the ocean
Singing

In that song
I find you

As I dive and the waves undress me
I feel your kisses float under my skin

Back to the shore
I sit

Naked
Watching the waves dance

Dance like only you can

Regina Lindau, 23 March 2009