Guru Purnima 7/18/89
The Philosopher and the Prostitute
They fit each other these two
This studied man and young girl of many kisses
He has thought too much and still desires
he needs a place to rest
To know the small things
The things in which feeling dwells again
She has felt many hands upon her small places
She needs to see beyond their grasping touch
Beyond those desirous of her
And find the great world
of her own desire
He wanted to look at her
He needed someone who could feel his desires and simply understand
Her body was perfect audience
Perfect listening
A gracious vessel of containment
And she found in him
an unspoken wisdom
Which lay all sleeping in her
He gave her body speech
Wings brushed her small places
And she journeyed
He rested
To his mind, she gave touch and ground
It was her own body
that spoke to her in his words
It was his own soul
that appeared to him in her form
and all her softness
and all his piercing light
They spent an eternity together
In the perfect fullness
Of a moment's time