Clarity

                                    As I float in solitude from one life to the next,

                                     I listen intently for the reassuring melody made by connecting spirits.

                                A passing shadow in the night,

                            I tough different worlds as I freefall into the colorful unknown,

Manipulated by the undulating winds.

            Spinning out of control,

                                                             Forced this way and that,

                                                      I helplessly succumb to and imposing force,

                         Silently riding the challenges I am given.

                        I wait.

            Wondering what for,

                                                                        Or for how long,

Powerlessly suspended in between the wrinkles of time.

                         I am caught for just a moment,

                  By a warm glow

                         And it is in this light that I suddenly realize

                  I am not alone

                        And have never been.

                  Surrounded by others like myself,

                                                I search for clarity

And find when I look to the others,

                                                    I discover all the unique aspects of life

                                           Reflected vibrantly on their many surfaces.

            We fall together now,

                                                                    Silently dancing along with the forceful wind,

                                           Tumbling over and over with grace.

                             Purposefully drifting along like a tide,

Cherishing each moment,

                                                            We lightly reverberate off of one another

                                                  For strength

                            But as the light slowly slips away

                                                       I find myself alone again in the endless darkness.

          No longer cold or empty,

              I relax into the soft, safe, blackness around me

         Trusting,

  Allowing,

                                                       Myself to be carried away

Curiously wondering what the day will bring^**