We had walked
Three revolutions around the Sun
Ocean Hawk and me
Finally, we had walked once again
To meet with Spirit
At the Festival of Spirit
In town
Healers came
They Healed with Food
Others with their hands
And still
Others with their Words
Such was this day
Ocean Hawk and I walked in to the Festival
Many were talking
Smiling
Laughing
There was Joy
And perhaps even the guardians of Heaven joined us
We had met some friends, some waiting, some just arriving
At some point in the day
Ocean Hawk had made her way inside the tent
To see the sights
Speak to the people
And obtain some nourishment of Spirit
If she could
She did
I had gone in search of her
Through the vendors
Through the sea of a people with a common unity in heart
There she was, as she has always been
Beautiful
Ocean Hawk had been speaking with a woman
A Centaur like me
Who had advised her not to hide her soul, nor the ink on her sleeves
When Ocean turned to me she said, 'I'm Free'
There were tears in her eyes
I caressed her cheek
Something profound had just happened
Ocean Hawk could not speak
All she could do, was Feel
I knew it then
Something had transformed inside her
And though the words spoken to Ocean
Were an echo of my own
It was not an echo that Moved her in that moment
I will not stand in Spirit's way
That night Ocean Hawk spoke of an inner freedom
Perhaps it was a freedom from Judgement
The curse we bind ourselves with
The curse we bind our beliefs with
Our very own Self
The curse we bind others with
Two days
Two days
Two days and our lives changed with the rise of the tide
Brought by heavy rains
Ocean Hawk was sad
A soulful sadness that emptied all that bound her
Including me
The shift she had experienced
The Path she has been inspired to journey
Is one that she must travel on her own
A path where we are no longer lovers
We talked into the night
The long sleepless night that all lovers know, and hate
We cried
Long into the sleepless night that all lovers know, and will always hate
And our journey together ended there, in that sleepless night
She is by my side still
Making preparations
To leave
I am Sobered
To the reality that I have lost all that has made me Happy these last three years
Our relationship brought me immense and comforting Joy…
...Just when I felt
I could finally imagine a Happily Ever After
It flew from me
And took Ocean Hawk with it
Two days
Two days
Two days later
The rain fell heavy
Again
This time
It was Purple
I remain, saddened by the loss of Ocean Hawk, and the passing of Prince.
Lesley
Hallelujah Heartist
