You Called to Me...

You Called to Me...

You called to me and I followed
Crawling toward you on linoleum floors
Down long corridors and open doors
Tripping along moss grown pathways
Crunching the rocks of dusty roadways
Rolling down paved asphalt highways
Down lyrical and poetic mindways
Never quite able to meet your embrace
Though you lingered at the rest stops
Waited patiently at the hilltops
Within reach as I stumbled along
Distracted down dead end byways
Within reach choosing the wrong segues
Overwhelmed by the chaos and confusion
Stuck in a dream state of continual delusion
With heart sickened by loneliness and dread
Crippled I turned heal and fled
Angered unable to answer your call
Down lofty mountains I did fall
Down cobblestone streets of vainglory I sped
Tangled in philosophical webs of pain
Alone and adrift in pity and shame
Deluding myself I played a selfish game
Hearing your voice but covering my ears
Peering at you through blind folded tears
Exhausted and humbled I finally succumbed
To Your ever presence no longer numbed
I cannot escape that which is everywhere
In the very tapestry of all that appears
No special invitation needed when already face to face
In the air I breathe and the atoms that comprise space
I can no more run from You than from myself
I am composed of the stars and sunlight and grace
You raised me from the mud and breathed life into my soul
I am in You and You are in me and together linked forever

Christopher Cole