Scars of Rapture

Shams, I have done everything I knowso this would not happen.You came into my lifelike a wing of fire,possessing and possessedby something not seen.When you first spokemy books turned to clay,and my throat closedaround a lost syllable.Your eyes burned over me,leaving...

Let nothing disturb thee

Let nothing disturb thee,Nothing affright thee;All things are passing;God never changeth;Patient enduranceAttaineth to all things;Who God possessethIn nothing is wanting;Alone God sufficeth.

I Talk To My Body

My body, you are an animalwhose appropriate behavioris concentration and discipline.An effortof an athlete, of a saint and of a yogi.Well trained,you may become for mea gatethrough which I will leave myselfand a gatethrough which I will enter myself.A plumb line to...

The Five-Coloured Garment

I am infused in the Lord’s hue, O friend.Pray, get my garment dyed in five coloursso I may go and play in the arbour.within the alcove I will meet my Master;Shedding all falsity, I’ll sing in joy.The sun will perish, so too the moon;Earth and sky will...