Written by Gary Dean
I want to tell you about…
The times I was alone with deep dark thoughts
The times I wanted to do, what you see in the news
Or on tv
What lurks in my nightmares
Driven by raw chaos and ignorant disparity
Down into a spiralling hole
Press the button of mass destruction
Facing the dark night of the soul
But out of this war with myself
Stood the lonely warrior
Weary of battling the ghost of despair
The realisation that fighting with unreality
With dream, with ego
It's not a battle at all
But a dance of fortitude
They say time is a healer
But it wasn’t time that saved me
It was love
Physical love
Eternal love
The one true love
LOVE!
This is just a lesson I had to learn
But how well did I learn it?
How well did I make amends
How much of ME! did I lose
Standing with the perfect oneness
What experience did I choose
I chose you
The eternal one
You brought me peace and calm
And for the mind
a balm of serenity
To which I owe eternal gratitude
Written by Cheryl Harvey
For Kathy
I want to tell you about the Easter Crisis.
The moment in time when my world came tumbling down.
Everything I believed in, worked for, longed for
Shattered, broken, like shards of glass on the classroom floor.
All the beauty, the honesty the rawness of hearts
The friendships we shared as we walked together
Towards this moment, this date with destiny,
This tender, bitter and painful unfolding, unraveling.
Where were you then?
Why did you. who I loved so dearly. become my enemy?
You with whom I had shared my heart
Who sat gently beside me as I wept with tears of joy and sorrow
Dearest friend who I loved and admired
Where did all that go? I miss you.
Here now in the wake of all that pain
I look back with eyes shining as I know
The lessons I needed were right there for me then/
I discovered my fight, my inner warrior, my soldier on the front line
Willing to die for my cause.
I discovered my aggressor, The one who is so blind
they can no longer see through the eyes of love.
I discovered my politician, the one on the pulpit,
Spouting words to defend his glory.
I discovered my sisters, my comrades who came together
In the rawness of this moment,
As we fought together for all we loved.
But you my beloved, you were not there.
And that hurts, that truly hurts to this very day.
We have made amends, our friendship renewed,
But the depth has gone, all that remains is a shell,
A shell that still echoes the good times.
The cherished moments
Watching our children grow together,
Watching them play and learn and become
the beautiful adults they now are.
Time passes and we moved on, and yet even now
I mourn that loss, that disconnect that tore the very foundations
Of all that I believed in and held dear.
I miss you my friend. And I love you still.