separate is something we are

i believe separate
is something we are, not what we suffer
apart from whole
apart from a wholeness...
we are born
labeled and longing self
its defining moment
of again - being whole

i believe we come uncertain of any,
biased by design, bearing an emptiness
delivered by our maker - so too mark
our days, plead our nights
and spend a life signed in
metaphor

we come fired by hope, fed by wonder
seeking summary
of all we see - we come separate, single
and cradled in a menagerie
of repeated surrenders, timeless meetings
and requests of intercession from
first breath - to our finite end

i believe separate is what we are, 
not what we suffer
we are the separation, the division and the longing
of a god that seeks a wholeness
only certain of self - when again
we are united...

bkmackenzie
copyrighted 2012