Song of My Heart

Hello Fellow Traveller,

We seem to be living in a time of destruction, and it’s not easy to see so much suffering in the world.

Can we look with our hearts and find beauty and love when division threatens to engulf us in flames?

Beshara Magazine is dedicated to presenting ideas of unity and interconnectedness in all areas of contemporary thought — from spirituality to science, finance, ecology, and the arts.

The magazine’s byline is ‘Unity in the Contemporary World’, and it seeks to explore the challenges we face from a perception of the underlying unity of all things.

My heartfelt thanks to the editors for publishing my poem ‘Song of My Heart’ in their Readers’ Writings section for October.

You may like to read the poem on Beshara’s website, where you can also explore their other offerings.

At this time of fear and separation, I share the poem with you as a humble offering from my heart.

Song of My Heart

The break in my heart
is the break in the world,
to love,
to love,
to love,
does your heart not weep like mine?

And does your body not ache
with tender compassion
to see the world sleep-walking
to the edge of a chasm,
of hate,
and arrogance,
and murder too?

My soul is yours,
my love, your love,
so let us bow down
before the Goddess
of Beauty above,
and bless this day,
and each other too,
for you are me,
and I am you.

I hold your suffering
in the temple of my heart,
I sing your tears of sorrow,
a mourner’s hymn to art.

And there you are, weeping,
on the other side of the flame,
sharing your heart aching
with the burning of the day.
I love you, brother,
Why are we so apart?
If only I could ease your sorrow,
If only you could mend my broken heart.

The candle flickers,
Your face is half in light,
Darkness is approaching,
The sun makes way for night.

But let us still dream,
Let us dream of the stars,
Burning through the midnight sky,
Casting light through the cracks in our hearts.

***

May you travel safely and be at peace,

Jason