Headless and footless

Headless and footless                                                                            
 
Some cover their heads in reverence;
many approach You hat in hand;
 
some gaze upwards in prayer, others 
fall to their knees or bellies.
 
For some, You are found in the heart;    
others relegate You to heaven.
 
Some eat intimately Your body
and drink Your blood;
 
for others, even Your name
is forbidden in their mouths.
 
One day none of this will matter
(You assure us).
 
Each lover will be headless and footless,
without mouth or eyeballs, belly or knees –
 
the Essence of each other, the Self-Aware
Essence of That which they seek.   
 
O child of God, Who is Meher Baba?  He once described Himself
as That which provokes this question in you.
 
                              (from A Jewel in the Dust, 2011)