embracing sacred life and the gifts of love

I didn't think my marriage would end, I was loyal to the vows I made in church, no matter how difficult it got, I was going to try and do my best. But time goes by and people change, and the choices made long before turn out to be impulses that should have been ignored. It's amazing how you look back upon your life and see things in a whole different light. You don't realize you are blind until you are given your sight. And when you see the darkness you once lived in .... you embrace the sacredness of life and the gift of love. 

Where the river meets the sea...

There is a place in my childhood where the river meets the sea...

where the soil kisses the sand, my mind is so free. 
Stars above me, stars below me, my mind is so free. 
Out in the ocean in the middle of forever, 
just down the way from where the river meets the sea, there lies a magical pool. 
It's safe in this place, in this brilliant space. 
Butterflies in the air, butterflies in the sea. My mind is so free. 
In this middle of forever sits a steep hill which is set on a small isle. 
In the middle of forever 
atop that steep hill 
I watched God's awesome power light up the edge of the sky. 
Did I unknowingly bask in the pleasure that is your love 
as I took in the beauty of your nature? 
Why didn't I hear your voice, why didn't I realize? My mind was so free. 
How very beautiful the instances that occurred out on the sea. 
My skin tingling and my spirit soaring, 
laying underneath the warmth of your brilliant sun, 
unknowingly basking in the pleasure that is your love.