Why do I look for you? (Posted in honor of my teacher)

When I wrote this, I was contemplating my relationship with the Divine Beloved. I post it in honor of my teacher, David, who has left his body, and now resides deep in the hearts of those who love him; in the greater Heart within and without. His teaching continually turned his students toward the awareness of the Infinite Within, the unnameable Essence that makes up all of life.

Why do I look for you,
when you are my eyes?
Why do I pray to you,
when you are my voice?
Why do I long for you, all
the while, you are my
breathing in and my breathing out?

Oh Beloved. Keep me awake
in this temple.
Let the ways of your Heart
be known within my own.
Let my feet mark your footsteps.
Let my hands be your blessing.
Grace is seated at my doorstep.
I open the door to my heart,
and she is there, offering
a drink from the fountain
of Eternal Compassion.
I call, Oh Beloved, and
I hear you answer the same.