Ocean Hawk and The Rain

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