2003Apr23 (Poem)

Stairs and steps
Extend one’s life
Even as sun and water
Cure all things
Calligraphy and photography
Both write for the eyes
And poetry is beauty
Loving is living

A spiritual bridge
Built one stone at a time
Spans our lives
As we step toward another day
Climbing as if we could take flight
And knowing these stairs, this effort
Is as perfect coming up
As the indulgence of the past
And the present back on solid ground

Each time the day comes
Our eyes drink light
And quench our need
For beauty
And we manifest ourselves
As visible sources
Of spirit
I see when I look at you
The sunrise ever present in your eyes
And love as I try one word at a time