WILSON OGG

 


BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

In distant but not forgotten days

We saw together the film Beauty and the Beast
 
You were an actress to be

I viewed myself as having lived

from the beginning of time.

          
In the opened state of my growth

I saw in you the beauty

of a flower yet to unfold

Our movements parted  
 
        
Yours being anchored to matter 
    
Mine being anchored to the self   

You have reached the mountain tops. 

I am approaching the seashore

close to the waters of the soul


You were a bud in youth and freshness

that has unfolded

Having budded long ago

I am an enfolding flower

I wish for the unclothed days 

of the near forgotten past

I will welcome returning

to the purity

of a stem yet to bud.


© Wilson Ogg