Poem: What I Know To Be True

What I Know To Be True:

This desk was once a tree,
wild and unpolished.

This body was once a mountain range,
a drop in the ocean,
a whisper in the wind.

This heart was once the sky.

This consciousness was once you,
once me,
once we.

So it is,
a love without end,
a life without walls.

~ Matthew Foley

Ruby Sunrise

For Jaime

I was once painted glass,
hungry for light.

You were the ruby sunrise,
looking to share your warmth.

One day you rose above the horizon,
above the hills, the tree tops, and the sea

And you found me.

Now we shine, together,
for all the world to see.

~ Matthew Foley