Fully Alive

It is that day. The day my heart has so longed for. The day I am complete. 

The world has passed away. Love has triumphed. Evil is vanquished in sovereignty.

Planets and stars swirl, colliding until they form one brilliant light that suddenly I am enveloped in.

A flash surges and for a moment I am blinded. 

When my eyes clear in an instant, I am standing in the most breath taking place. 

Marvelous mountains surround me bursting with color and life. 

My bare feet caress warm earth and vibrant grasses between my toes. 

The mountains go on forever and I am in the middle of a dazzling field. 

I look at myself and find that i am glowing. 

Not from the sun or some stray star, but from the fire that burns within me.

Clothed in the purest white that comes not from color,

but from light and there are flower cut outs in my dress. 

Joy defines my face. 

Suddenly I am romanced. 

The music begins to play. 

A swarm of butterflies rush through and by me increasing my joy. 

The wind they leave behind dances all around me. 

I begin to chase after them. 

I am lighter then air for I have no burdens to bear. 

As I run I begin to twirl and spin letting the wind touch my skin and blow through my hair. 

I know that I am free. 

Suddenly, I see my beloved. 

He is here! 

I loose my breath at the sight of Him. 

At His nearness. I have been waiting a life time for this moment. 

This moment when all walls and obstacles I had faced were no longer remembered. 

This is the moment when I see His face.

His eyes catch mine and the light that dwells there is quickly blazing in mine. 

He comes close and puts a flower in my hair and at last those words are spoken, 

"You are beautiful. 

You are mine beloved and I love you with an everlasting love that spans from before time to eternity.

We shall never be parted." 

He takes my hand and we walk to still stream where we drink deeply and are refreshed.

As we walk on, we come to a clearing. 

One by one more people begin to appear and 

suddenly I realized that all who had walked with me during my days were there! 

Alas my heart leapt again! 

Not only was I to spend eternity with my Beloved, 

but all those who belonged in my heart and had been through the fire with me.

They had passed the test. 

They had been faithful. 

Sadly, faces I remembered from my days were not here. 

They had not passed the test. 

They had fallen away and my heart wept deeply for them for I would be parted from them forever. 

Then my Beloved comforted me and told me not to despair for all that could be done had been done. 

We walked together to greet the others and began to dance. 

For a great celebration began like none other and never ended. 

I was finally whole. 

I was finally complete.

I was finally free. 

This is my heart fully alive.