An Ocean of God

With

passion pray

with passion make love

with passion eat and drink and dance and play

why look like a dead fish

in this ocean

of

God

                                Rumi

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with a body

still buzzing with sleep

and feet like clay

I move into my day

I glance indifferently

as the first rays of sunlight

streak through the woods

my schedule is full

and my soul is fouled

and energy is gone

even the magic elixir

the brown black magic

of coffee cannot

this day

arouse me

to much more than indifference

and yet

and yet

the sun shoots its gold through the trees

the gray sky dissolves into brilliant blue

the day is full of the Sacred

it is time to breathe

hum

maybe dance on the porch

and celebrate the day

there is an ocean of God out there

splash

splash