the diamond-like brilliance of awakening

imagination meets wonderment

lifting ourselves out of the uglies

fine tuning our inner exile

unequivocal intentions

to trust the light

the labyrinth of expansion

mercy gifts our forlorn lives

the deep ache of veiled memory

the sanctity of our fragility

healing from the inside

tucked into the dark spaces

thresholds of gracious knowing

dwelling in beauty’s shadows

to be embittered or not