This poem from an unpublished collection I wrote in 2010… The collection is a refection on Time. It speaks of communing, or speaking with God about how, as life passes, as time passes, the things that pull me away from divinity, from my spiritual path, fall away, becoming less relevant, as the vision of all living things as a family of souls gradually becomes more vivid in my heart. That eternal family of souls that will live after the body dies. This is the vision I wish to strive for in this poem, and in my life. This slide show is a series of photos I took while standing amongst a flock of seagulls on a misty beach in southern California. I used this poem after I put the video together, because the motions of the birds felt, to me, like the motion and flow of the poem. Photograph by the author, Janavi Held When by Janavi Held Whenever the future finds me when memory is gone when longing no longer reminds me that remaining here is wrong. When th...
Women's Spiritual Poetry