Expanding Consciousness
by William S. Becker
I was trapped inside this skin of clay,
My thoughts just echoed what they’d say.
A mirror cracked, reflecting pain,
Yet through the shards, Love called my name.
The world I saw was small and tight,
My truth was bound by self-made night.
But in that dark, a spark did start,
A whispered pulse inside my heart.
I reached for You through friends and tears,
Through years of doubts and silent fears.
Each wall I broke was made of me,
Each fall unmasked what I could see.
You taught me how to rise above,
To change my sight through acts of love.
The more I gave, the more I knew,
That You and I were never two.
Now every breath expands the whole,
Each friend a doorway to my soul.
Our hearts entwined, no more defense,
This Love — our shared omnipresence.
So take my mind, my will, my place,
Dissolve them in Your boundless grace.
For consciousness, I’ve come to find,
Is Love revealing the One behind.
