Eternity

I am small one among winged legions

waltzing in rank

to the sweet symphony of raindrops

clinking on red, green, and purple gemstones-

a kaleidoscoped highway-

twinkling beneath a family of feet.

“You shall love Me”

He speaks.

The massed words suspend in the air like thunder,

molecules floating toward every corner of the cosmos.

colliding and shattering into a million beads of light;

white rose petals falling onto my upturned face

like floating snowflakes, stinging my forehead and freezing my tears.

Icy air is quickly swallowed up by the fierce heat beneath my feet

burning on Holy ground.

Lapping tongues of fire shoot up my legs

in fierce command -Dance!-

But my eyes linger hungrily upon the One.

Can I break the order, leaping out of line into loving arms?

Searching out His face my fingers cling to the corner of His

lily white robe cascading down the throne and resting at my feet

like a mighty roaring waterfall pouring into a stilled pool – my soul -

A multitude of glorious figures,

like Greek statues come alive with the warm glow of beating hearts,

encircle His resting place.

The quick, corporate movement of one massive body in unabashed worship,

spinning, leaping, laughing, weeping,

begets a heavenly breeze, a celestial mist

swirling around my head. 

I run back to join the dance,

sucked into the laughing rip tide,

loosing my white-tight grip on white silk cloth.

Brushing petals off of my shoulders and mist from my eyelashes

I look up to the tip of the crown,

To the delicate lily-white satin, to those fiery eyes. 

I find the corner of His robe again

and dive beneath the cool silk,

rolling, reaching, covering every part of my self.

Palms flat on the jeweled stones beneath my knees,

head buried beneath holy garments,

I mouth the word my soul can no longer contain.

Holy.