ONE WORD

Originally posted June 25, 2011

I thought I was happy. I thought I had what I wanted. You came into my life and showed me the emptiness inside me. The realization of it took my breath away. I thought it had already been banished to far corners. Just your strong presence brought it back to the surface. Part of me wanted to flee while another part of me wanted to sit and bask in your shadow.

Your touch, both the sting and the caress, threatened to overtake me. It gave me a taste of something never afforded me before. The void was a gaping hole I felt trying to swallow me up. 

So I ran.

Soon, life got busy and filled that space. From time to time, flashes of old memories crossed my mind. They made me introspective and gave me a longing for something more. I shook them off, pushed them down and turned away from them. 

Then your voice, once again, like the wind in my ear. “Come to me”

From your lips, the truth came. The truths that I had refused to acknowledge before, now laid bare before me. I found that void was still there, hidden under fears and lies I had told myself. Out of sight, out of mind, but the soul knows what’s true and so it waits.

Your words continued to wash over me and your hand caressed my cheek. Strong arms pulled me so close that I knew you could feel my heart hammering in my chest. Then your eyes locked with mine and what poured forth struck me like lightning.

At that moment, I realized that the space was not empty at all…just dark. The light and warmth had been covered and ignored. Deep inside, it still smoldered. It took but a single sound to blow that ember into a raging inferno. Just one word, softly spoken, from one heart and soul to those of another.

“Master”