AWAKENING

For  JJ

Ushered from the maze of your dreams this morning,

Dazzled by the lights,

Loath to leave the damp warmth of the womb,

You awakened, eyelids slowly opening like a daisy,

As indeed they may some thirty thousand times to come 
In more awakenings,

Calling you back to the sunlit, lamplit maze of life,

With all its twists and turns,

Before you awaken once again,

Beyond the dreams, beyond the hazards of the maze,

To the shining changelessness of your being.

i)

The seeds of the starburst;

The chemistry of the cosmos,

The baby.

ii)

In flight with the seagulls;

On wheels at the seaside,

The baby.

iii)

The houses in motion;

The buggy at rest,

The baby.