It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.


I want to know what you ache for,
and if you dare to dream of meeting
your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are.


I want to know if you will risk
looking like a fool for love, for your dreams,
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets
are squaring your moon.


I want to know if you have touched the
center of your own sorrow,
if you have been opened by
life's betrayals or have become shrivelled and
closed from fear of further pain!

I want to know if you can sit with pain,

Mine or your own,
without moving to hide it
or fade it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy,

Mine or your own;
if you can dance with wildness and let
the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers
and toes without cautioning us to be careful,
be realistic,
or to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if
the story you're telling me is true.

I want to know if you can disappoint another
to be true to yourself;
if you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
I want to know if you can be faithful
and therefore be trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty

even when it is not pretty every day,
and if you can source your life from God's presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure,
yours and mine,
and still stand on the edge of a lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
"Yes!"

It doesn't interest me to know where you live
or how much money you have.

I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair,
weary and bruised to the bone,
and do what needs to be done for the children.

It doesn't interest me who you are,
how you came to be here.

I want to know if you will stand in the center of
the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what
or with whom you have studied.

I want to know what sustains you from
the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself,
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.

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 Midi "Keeper of Dreams"
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and is copyright © 2001 Bruce DeBoer

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