Staircase

I climb into the depth of you
Into your cool, quiet heart
Held up by your roots
Which spread beneath us
In every direction
Becoming infinity 

How is it that so many people
Have taken this path
To the next place 
And then so wonderfully 
Forgotten it all
When we arrived?

I place each foot carefully 
Upon your intricately carved steps
Surrendering to the darkness
That envelops my body 
To the peace that plays my soul

I don’t know where this staircase leads
Just that I must rise, step, become
By following this spiral within you

As I climb higher
The base of your trunk
Seals slowly up 
Zipping me gently into
The journey ahead

There’s no end in sight
No light at the top
Really, no light at all
And yet I can see with 
Greater clarity than ever before

In here, I feel held
Considered, loved
I feel the hearts of every soul 
That ever lived and ever will live
Reverberating around you
Around me
In us

They’re lifting me higher
Lifting me from this place
To the next 
And perhaps from that place
Back to here
The endless circle of love
Of life, of knowing and 
Mysterious creation