Mystery is My Lover

Life's first fearless encounter with death,
handed me a flashlight,
that lit the whole universe,
brightly, for a moment, leaving no instruction.

A gentle brutal lover, I have seen her, lay with her,
felt her, tasted her. No other will satisfy.
Boundless intimacy demands everything,
that's how dangerous it is to fall in love with Mystery.

An unjealous lover, she arrives unbidden,
reveals all, and vanishes.
Leaving a hunger, a smile,
a hole as big as the universe.

I am desperately in love,
and have made her the promise,
it would kill me to break.
Out of darkness, she pours forth the light.

- Scott Bader
07/20/08 3am