Getting the News – Mar. 21, 2022
… When the news comesmay the hummingin your headgive way to song,even if it will belong and longbefore you canhear it, before you cancomprehend the lovethat latched onto youin the rending—the love that bound itself to youeven as it began its leavingand has neverlet you go. –Jan Richardson, from “Blessing for Getting the News”, The […]
This Constant Yearning – Mar. 18, 2022
We are like lutes once held by God. Being away from His warm bodyfully explains this constant yearning. –Hafiz, The Gift, translations by Daniel Ladinsky, p. 116
Please – Mar. 17, 2022
We are at the Nile’s end. We are carrying particles From every continent, creature, and age. It has been raining on the plainsOf our vision for millions of years. And our senses are so muddy compared to Yours—dear God, But I only hear these words from YouWhere we are all trying to embrace the Clear Sky-Ocean, […]
Our Hearts Should Do This More – Mar. 16, 2022
I sit in the streets with the homeless My clothes stained with the wine From the vineyards the saints tend. Light has painted all acts the same color So I sit around and laugh all day With my friends. At night if I feel a divine loneliness I tear the […]