
Awake, my dear.Be kind to your sleeping heart.Take it out into the vast fields of LightAnd let it breathe.Say,"Love,Give me back my wings,Lift me,Lift me nearer."Say to the sun and the moon,Say to our dear Friend,"I will take You up now, Beloved,On that wonderful Dance You promised!"

There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of Spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell. And the lily, how passionately it needs some wild Darling! At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its…