the prey

For thirty years I sought God.

But when I looked carefully ....

I found that in reality God was

the seeker .... and I the sought. "

                                           - Bayazid Bistami

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I think I have always sought to find that Sacred

To connect with Sacred Power

Sacred Hope

Sacred Love

But I must have a short-attention span

All too often I suddenly realize

That my attention is clearly

Somewhere

Else

On success, or money

On political candidates (yuk)

On my past

My future

So many things

The Sacred just gets lost

And then

I am found

In the sun coming over the edge of the earth

In a text from a friend

In a mountain top breaking through the clouds

In calves playing in the field

Suddenly the Sacred is there

In my face

Saying

“Hey!  I’ve been looking for you”