Always before you

Always before you
I am giving myself away to you
Please take me
Please take me in
Make room for me
Set aside a place for me to grow; it is busy, I know, inside you –
among your idea of happiness, pleasure, need, self-
importance, meaning
Not much room to bloom – the fear of the other, the fear of
mortality – the losses, the difficulties – the complications, all
these occupy your time and space – I know – I know

I am always before you
I see the dilemma you are in
Alone, not loved well enough to trust, to give . . . to notice that
I am always before you . . . to take me in
My bloom allowed to grow inside you is as beautiful as the day
lily and the night cactus flower
The seed of this bloom grows within the womb of your
acceptance
I am here, you know
Always before you, giving myself away to you
Waiting for you notice the position you are already in
Waiting for you to notice, I am always before you with gift in
hand . . . I am ready to enter
This is the bloom of Love
Always before you, already always Given.
Who? But True Self can love you like that?