Sacred Reunion

How long 

Will you continue 

To ignore

The anguished pleas

And 

Volcanic rage

of the young boy

Whom you evade

Through the daylight

So he dogs you

And haunts 

The silence of the night

Days turn to weeks

Weeks to months

Months to years

Yes that was him

Those nights

When you sat 

Bolt upright

Blood running cold

Having torn 

Yourself from sleep

With your own tormented scream

Remember the falling

Down, down, down

Faster and faster

This time

You open your mouth

To scream

And there's 

Nothing

Not a sound

You are in 

Desperate need of help

And you can 

Sound the alarm 

For no one

A heart aches for release 

From long-standing exile

Yearning the abyss of abandon

Be reconciled

With a new covenant 

Of 

Allegiance

The returning light

Fixed and focused

Illuminates

The labyrinthine chambers

Once desecrated through neglect

Which one again

Will echo the song

Of reverence 

And 

Reflect a sacred resurrection

Will you now

Ease his 

Tireless suffering

Love 

Comfort 

Reassure

Cherish

Encourage

Appreciate

You hold

The soul-sourced balm

That the likes of which

Exist in no other

Should you decline

There will be no peace

Rekindle this 

Sacred union

The holiest of relationships

And 

Know peace

You will find him

Deep within 

A secluded glade

Upon the banks

Of the river

He has wiled away

A lifetime

Calling your return

From the depths 

While 

Staring 

At the grief 

Reflected 

In the eddies and backwaters

Of 

The river

Go to him if you will

He has lived 

Alone & wild

For 

All his days

His trust 

Will not be won easily

Fits of rage

And outbursts

of 

Temper

Will test you

And

Your resolve 

To be there

Make no mistake

You will not 

Be welcomed straight away

However

 Turn your back

And you may find

You have expended

Your only opportunity

For reunion

Your search 

For the divine

Begins 

And 

Ends

Right here

With him

He is lock and key

You must convince him

You are no longer

His captor 

Your liberation 

and his

Are dependant 

on 

You

There is nothing 

You have done

Nor will you do

That 

Represents more entirely

Your responsibility

Nor your purpose...

R.O'Neill (August 21, 2017)