Beloved

Beloved
no fear if you break my heart a thousand times
but do not abandon me in contempt because
of what I have here become
for in this garden every flower has its roots in dirt.…

I assumed you outside of myself
beyond the reaches of my imagination
Now that you have dropped the veil I realize
You are the one
I left behind with my first step.
_{This Heavenly Wine: Poems from the Divan-e Jami, renditions by Vraje Abramian}

Taking the all-important first step with a sincere heart can be a sort of enlightenment. It presages an evolutionary adventure, and offers inner peace.
_{Michael Murphy and George Leonard, The Life We Are Given}