Subtle Ecstacy

Subtle Ecstasy
is allowing
yourself
to give in
to feel freely
to drink deeply
of your lover's
smile
laugh
suffering
sadness
wholeness
to reach
from within
giving away
sharing
your hidden secrets
it is a strangeness-
it is a familiar place
this intimacy
overwhelming
unbearable
to think
even for a small moment
to have consideration
to listen closely
to watch someone
in their rhythm
to touch their
most reserved senses.
to awaken
the truth of being
translating
the fingerprints
of their name
and speech
I have never formed
a more reasonable
purpose to live.
to live the light
of the day
and the darkness
of the great night
to live
the most human
of experiences
to be a part
of something
someone
that is a sum total
greater than
yourself.