Essence

To understand the essence
of you
I would have to walk
backwards in time to
a small, quiet place
of possibility
and then sit with the great spinner
and listen to her
tell a story
of a day,
just like any other,
when an old soul
conceded to again
take the human form
and walk the long road from womb to sky.
Impressions of
lifetimes,
of connections and stories~
the web she spins is
without a final pattern...
all I can see is the trace
you have left in her web.

11/27/04