I want to flow freely, open and present
to all the worlds and dimensions through which
my life, my experience, travels; along the way
meeting old friends for the first time,
inviting each of them to their honored place
in my biography, taking my place in the songs,
stories and lore of their soul's native landscape.
I want never to be all things to all people
but simply to be one; to be real; to be true
to each person, each soul. Not to follow
the way of the chameleon, shifting color or shape
to meet external demands, but that of a
fundamentally different animal, perhaps
some mythical creature, whose core identity
can gently emb