Slide into the unknown

The Beloved is waiting

Climb down the rickety ladder

Into the mysterious cave of your body

Where your own quiet music plays

Become great friends to yourself

Tip your identity into the empty bowl of Being

Hold only space where you used to fill it

A cup already strained can hold you no more

Escort people through to the Beloved

Loving them, teaching them, learning from them

Always return to the solace of a friend

Hold your animal body tenderly

Caress the cheek of grief with presence

You are a gateway, no beginning, no end

A flame of living truth, unfolding.

Become the great friend to yourself..

-written by Devi Weisenberg – friend of Debra Chamberlain Taylor