I was watching a movie today. 'Before Sunrise', with Ethan Hawke. It's a rather existential piece... Boy meets girl on a train, boy convinces girl to spend an evening with him in Vienna before they part ways in the morning, perhaps to never see each other again. It is all very 'Live for the moment for there may never be another.' I related on many levels, though I have yet to be swept off my feet in Vienna!
One scene (a scene that meant very little in the film) stuck with me and really made me think. Boy and girl are sitting in an alleyway somewhere, discussing life and religion. The girl says, "I've always thought that if god exists, he wouldn't be in us, but in this small space, between us."
I thought this was a very beautiful idea. That the divine lives, not within us, but within the connection between us... The fiber of being lives in the empty spaces. That electrical current, that spark, that we feel when we form a connection with another human being, I think that is the god particle, passing from one to the other and back again...
Your breath on my neck
as you whisper in my ear
i feel your sadness
i breathe your cheer
i pray to you
my goddess here
Your breath on my lips
as you face my love
i seek your solace
i hear your sighs
i say my goodbyes
my goddess on high
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