Open

Light will someday split you open

Even if your life is now a cage

Little by little you will turn into stars,

Little by little you will turn into the whole universe

Sweet, amorous, universe

                                           Rumi

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The rain falls

The wind blows

Evil people do evil things

We get hurt

We get angry

And in the darkness we curl inward

Into something tight and compact

Protective

Closed

We dare not open to these horrible forces

Of the dark

And yet inside the light glows

We have no choice

For Sacred dwells, and cannot be denied

And our hearts burn

With this presence

Even if we do not understand or see

Until that day when we are split open

By love

And the light escapes

Perhaps merely a spark

But a spark, flying into that deep night

Changes everything