It Was Very Good

In those moments as I rocked gently over Shawn,  
I suddenly felt the thoughts of past lives swirling in my head.  
I continued rising and falling against Shawn’s firmness  
while watching feelings of guilt drifting through an open window  
as if pulled by a draft into the night sky.

I felt fears, loss, and brokenness falling from my body  
and being pulled into the night.  
I was in the moment and felt Shawn’s presence within me,  
but I’d stepped back like a witness,  
observing without judgment.

Gradually I came to realize  
those negative thoughts and feelings were not the essence of me.  
I was spirit, soul, and animal, a whole being.  
making love to another whole being and as
God said of creation, it was very good.