Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Poetry: Mystics


There is a reason these old mystics 

shook bellies full of laughter

their eyes sparkling 

and alive


full of all they have seen:

children and flowers.

The aftermath

of war. 


We are drawn to them 

like forgiveness-


their presence 

an oasis of joy

in the desert of lament-


 the divine’s 

absurd pleasure- 

    the ridiculous 

insistence of 

Breath.





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