A VISION IN LAZULI
The ledge of the Creator’s window
Is filled with birds that speak sacred words
And when they open their mouths
I see the souls of white ghostly men with beards
Trail away into the clouds
My ears hear colors and my eyes see sounds
Two men in blue robes are there to meet me
While fleets of children rush up to greet me
Dressed in heavenly garments of various neon
Seven of them struggle to give me a heavy lapis tablet
So I can use it to scribe and read on
I’m ushered into a crystalline realm
Where sweet symphonies swirl out of flowers
And beautiful women swing from pearled chairs
Into rainbow waterfalls where they all shower
The majestic portrait of this divine world
Moves the sea in me and completes me
So I feel the urge to pinch myself to see
Whether or not
I’m just hallucinating or simply dreaming
Warm tears start streaming down my cheeks
But the texture of each drop is thicker and sweeter
Like the rich nectar dripping from freshly picked lilies
Their hypnotic perfume calms my heart and spirit
And somewhere
Someone is playing a xylophone very softly
But I can barely hear it
Its gentle chimes
Light up my heart and mind
I can feel it and clearly see it
Then I look over to a beautiful tree
Where peacock feathers replace its leaves
And every desirable fruit and vegetable
Imaginable
Gleams seductively from its sleeves
And near it,
A boy sits on a lion resting next to a lamb
And an infinite number of white doves are flying out of his hand
But how can that be?
Isn’t the lamb afraid the lion will tear it?
Then all three heads turn to look at me
And the lion replies to the thought in my mind,
“This is love, my child. Don’t you ever fear it.”
Then the boy rises on his lion
And they both stride in my direction
And I quickly tap my head and look again
To make sure they aren’t part of my mind’s invention.
The boy then looks up and stares deeply into my eyes
And I see my own reflection
Then gently he says to me,
“One is all. All is one.”
And that was our introduction
And not too far from our feet, he points out to me
That we are standing at the edge
Of the universe
The sun is beaming proudly in the distance
And the galaxy looks like it’s swallowing little Earth
All around it
And up and down it
I hear bird sounds and children laughing as if on a playground
Mixed with the trickling sounds of flowing waters,
And see the floating pictures of sons and fathers,
Mothers and daughters
What is this?
“Nothing in the universe stops rotating around each other.
What you are seeing is simply how the planets communicate with one another.”
The sights and sounds are quite the shocker
But, if that’s the case,
Then Jupiter and Earth are the most active talkers.
I turn back to look at the boy
To ask him where we are,
And he tells me:
“We are on the bright blue star
That dances radiantly inside your heart.”
Then suddenly I felt the urgent need
To go under the tree to fall sleep
Feeling intoxicated and dreamy
The abundance of all this overwhelming beauty
Had sedated me like a wizard’s ruby
But when I woke up
There was no longer anyone beside me
And my bed felt hard and cold
But an eagle was waiting for me on the ledge of my balcony
Telling me to keep writing with all my heart and soul
Words are the true gold
Use them like seeds
And many gardens they will grow
Then in a swift instant it flew from the view of my window
So I raised my head from my pillow
To watch it chase after its own echoes
And then in the magnificent light of the sun
I heard all the birds singing together in unison:
“ONE IS ALL. ALL IS ONE.”
“ONE IS ALL. ALL IS ONE.”
“ONE IS ALL. ALL IS …
DONE.
“A Vision in Lazuli”, Copyright 2012, Suzy Kassem. All Rights Reserved.
