Each, the Other

You have come

out of the Negev,
you were searching
each the other,
two souls, now,
at last, meeting
here
where the sun
is always setting,
alone together
with others
in this place
of hopeful faces,
somewhere here
the sun
seems to be rising.

Two spirits
cast as humans,
shaped
from a single root

Separate, you are
in the same
life space,
emerging together
seeking light,
lotus beings
of many sheathes
hearts held
within petals,
so fragile
are those hearts.

As you each
the other
peel away
the petals
to reach
your purest being,
may your lotus hearts
keep bending
towards the light,
and melt
into the warmth.

– Michael Zoll