In the Current of Heaven

All things bright and being
Are fed by the river beneath
As we step into the knowing and unknowing
We are given each breath by its peace

So when twisted longings such as form and  matter
cloud our eyes
weeping wailing
that all we see changes
There seems to be nothing
we can grasp and keep

Caught in thought and failing
To hold what seems solid
The immensity of  a souls complexity
It scares us
the sudden glimpse of their translucent yet impassable layers
The pearlescent yet fragile colors

Seeking to only connect with others
Desperate Cars drive here and there
wires touch without human hands and no one answers
Phones text keys to secure
Source information
and gone or dying is another language
the intuitive nuances
once heard in beloved voices
We sleep and wake to the voices of machines
Who are programmed to befriend us

And the unspoken textures of living beings
Speak not to each other
Are lies to ears broken unhearing

our hearts have no rooms we can wander safely

But what if God turned
His face to us
Opening our eyes
Some would Awaken thirsty
Remember the miracle of water and how it changes
to ice
to mist
And ask
Where am I
What is this matter
Haven’t we always been here together

Step on an earth alive with living beings
Joyous and true meanings
Found in the darkest soul where we may have wandered

In the current of heaven where life is a river that runs beneath all
There is needed only a moment of knowing
To find we leave the world behind and yet within it

are both given and giving in the flow of
All things bright and being
In the current of heaven
Earth stars and ocean

Winter 2017