The Bud and the Rose
The Bud and the Rose
By Wolfgang Nebmaier via Vajra Ma
(Vajra Ma weeps for all they did not do together. Wolfgang tells her….)
when we loved
we knew what was to come
but hid it from ourselves
so that our love could surprise us
Life is like that:
surprises
that open like flowers
We knew what the bud will be:
a rose
but we love the bud as it is
knowing where it will go
We came here to be with each other this way
like buds who hold the secrets of the rose
we slowly unfold to each other
day by day
moment by moment
heartbreak by loving gesture
holding time between us
like a precious bud
unfolding
flowering
blossoming
until the petals curl back
and fall to earth.
This is how we love
and another bud grows
