River Of Love's Offering

In the gentle lighting of the mind
The stage is set
Through creeks and rivers
Wearing away
At the smooth surfaces
That allow for personal pressures
To justify the succumbing to
Thousands of years
Of spiritual waves
Splashing consistently, unrelentingly
Upon 'the baptizer's' banks
Of holy grounds
And watery rituals
Promising
That eternity's loving embrace
Is not death at all
But Love's
Intricacies and surprises
Which call forth
The smiles
Of truly
Passionate
Comprehension
Of the unconditional Love
Offered,
By,
The Paraclete....

Tony Taylor
(Chicago)