A few lucid moments
‘Nothing matters but love for God.’
Those words meant little to me
until I perceived them as a threat.
O Beloved, You’ve given Yourself carte blanche!
Nothing is sacred to You
but the all-encompassing Goal.
Wandering the ruins, I found the shelter
of that
statement –
devoid of floor, walls or roof, but with a foundation
grounded in
Reality.
Your physical presence was a Truth like that.
As Dreyfuss said, ‘A few lucid moments in the dream of my
life.’
Sometimes, in shallow sleep, I sense the sky
above this
illusion
and long to break the surface, gulping down
pure draughts
of air.
O child of God, everyone has collapsed into deep slumber.
Surely, the Compassionate Father will bear His children
home.
(from A Jewel in the Dust, 2011)
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