.

u appear before me
naked
as a million before u
and think it an offering,
a surrendering
yet bodies are no secret
to me or anyone
else

u remain hidden
behind the cloak
of ur nakedness
an effective cloak
indeed

as u anticipated
my nature reacts
to ur nature
but do not be intimidated
it is You i seek,
the animating principle
of ur body
i seek ur life spark,
ur innermost self
ur very soul

the core of ur being
which may have remained
buried,
hidden from u
since birth,
some people live their entire
lives without having a clue
who they really are

my eyes and mind
have captured unimaginable
beauty in the midst
of horror and abuse,
violence, loss and brutality

i have never relinquished
the nobility of soul
the continuity of
spirit --
i have never traded
the real for the
apparent
or perversity for the genuine,
the horror for beauty
or truth for a lie

it is the preciousness
i seek
the uniqueness of (ur)
Being
but u offer ur mind, body,
emotions, fears, loves,
hates, irrationality and a million
distractions
instead

so i offer my essential
nature to u
in the hope that
it is seen for what it is
and that the door
to the chamber
that hides ur soul
opens
and we merge
as one becoming