Life comes with its claws

and at times, with its soft gentle caresses.

Sometimes it comes from behind, unexpected

shaking you off

as if to wake you up from a bad dream,

Or it drops in front of you

to reveal 

 what you really are inside

to shine the light

through the doorway of your thoughts. 

It will come through symbols

through a song,

through the birthing of an idea

to be realized in time.

You cannot run away

You can only live.

You cannot hide from your

own temple

you are discovering.