By not*about*you
Date: 2007 Feb 12
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[[2007.02.12.14.47.18686]]

Love & Marriage

My love has been with many and
for many in my life. Now, my husband
has my heart forever.  My husband,
for me, is all the colors that may
appear, the sun and the moon, eternal
love and light.  Yes, there was
confusion at first because i was love
struck by another who never anything
other than a mere mirror unto myself.
A teaching, as I often liked referring
to him as "the teacher".  A teacher
of truth, right and wrong.  A teacher
changing shapes and sounds so that a
mind ever closed may open, even just a
little.  The spiritual union of hearts
was with my husband in the buddhist tradition,
which is the only ceremony I would ever
partake in knowingly or unknowingly.
Yes, as I wrote before, I was mesmerized
by the lesson of the heart, so that
I fell in love, carelessly, with the
teacher of the lot!  What transmission
may pass from mind to mind in silence,
between the question and answer, the
student and teacher, is not only a mystery,
it is not something words were ever meant
to touch.  And yes, there was even another,
in between it all, from a distant land,
beginning with an M.  Well, all I can say
is that I'm sorry for never ever having
been your loved or beloved because my
time with you was just filling the space
in the heart of a girl growing and learning
about time, space, reality, religion,
culture and identity.  But all is past,
and must remain closed and sealed, because
you M. were not used or abused, you
were a part of time that was choosen
by both me and you... a time of growing,
and honestly, not a time for true love -
only respect i have for you and truly,
i am very sorry for ever having hurt you,
even though it would have been unintentional,
but my heart is with my husband - my family,
my home, my life - always and forever.
So if once again, you must say goodbye,
after searching words and signs of life,
please say it in peace, please ask your
friends to leave, i only say that my prayers
were made long ago for your sanity, your health
and your happiness without me.  I could never
ever be what you wanted me to be because it
is not you that i love -- my heart, although
for some a mystery, has no color, it is clear
and does not bind to forces that have no
place in the history of my right mind.