Ocean of Nectar

At some point I realized
I could go no further

By any effort of my own
So I asked for the courage

To be like a child
And let myself be held

The air that surrounded me
Embraced me intimately

As I rested 
In the placeless place

Beyond words and labels
In the lap of the infinite

Here I stopped seeking
And let myself sink deeper

As my borders and edges 
Dissolved into emptiness

All I knew of me
Was like a drawing in the sand

So easily washed away
By the gentlest of tides

And soon I disappeared 
Just like this etching

It was in this dissolution
That I found the nectar

Of the most sublime truth
It was all I had ever wanted

But with no one left to drink
I became the sweetness

And I wondered how
I ever believed I was limited

From then on
Whenever the rains came 

My joy was renewed
Watching each raindrop

Plunge into its source
Totally surrendered

As I felt the pattering 
Of each drop on my surface

Before losing itself in me
Wholly and completely

Reminding me 
Of my own innocence