In Rainer I Trust

“I touched her perfect body with my mind”

 

And recognized beauty, unafraid and accepting

 

Realizing unanswered prayers are not secrets

 

They are hidden in our imagination

 

Not unlike a bird on a wire

If you would rest your grief upon me

I will swallow your darkness

This is the cross I must bear

 

By all that I have done wrong

I have come to understand blessings,

And like a knight seeking redemption

I have saved all these gifts for you

 

I need to be heroic, like the teacher Rilke

Improbable, noble, and fearless

Whisper to me your despair

And I will surrender to you that privilege

 

Once done, we will build a castle on a cloudless slope

In which being together is our only wish

Slip off your night-dress, Dream

I won’t let you go so soon, so embarrassingly full