I want to flow freely, open and present
to all the worlds and dimensions through which
my life, my experience, travels; along the way
meeting old friends for the first time,
inviting each of them to their honored place
in my biography, taking my place in the songs,
stories and lore of their soul’s native landscape.
I want never to be all things to all people
but simply to be one; to be real; to be true
to each person, each soul.  Not to follow
the way of the chameleon, shifting color or shape
to meet external demands, but that of a
fundamentally different animal, perhaps
some mythical creature, whose core identity
can gently embrace all it encounters without fear,
being false to none, staying hidden from none
who earnestly seek it.  I want to let go
of mental schema that others have consciously
or unconsciously imposed, and freely enter
each interaction of spirit to spirit, soul to soul,
ready to know and discover and rediscover
and learn and unlearn what it means
to be my most earnest self when dancing
with this sister, singing with that brother.
I want all of the colors of my experience
to fuse into one, brilliant and glorious
with no fear that any of their original
integrity will be lost or diminished.