hungry souls

Remember: whatever is burrowed deep in one hungry soul

Is bound to be tethered to the hearts of many many more

Hannah Brencher

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Empty

Thirsty

Hungry

We know what it is

This place

Where our souls are longing

Aching

Seeking

Sometimes this poor soul

Is more a haunted mansion

Inhabited by hungry ghosts

Than a Sacred Temple

A dwelling place the Most High

In my aching, in my hunger

I am bound

To other hungry souls

My fear fellowships with their fear

My greed with their greed

My anger with theirs

And soon we are a ravenous pack of humanity

Heading down the wrong path

Predators

Grim it is!

But it is not inevitable

This journey into darkness

For I am tethered, bound

To that from whence I came

To all that is good, and compassionate

Generous and loving

This hungry soul can be fed

This emptiness filled

This thirst quenched

The more I embrace the Sacred

The more open to Sacred Presence

The more I am devoured by Love

The more content I am

The more at peace

The more grateful

And that peace is what I offer

To those with whom I am bound

That gratitude, that contentment

Is what I love

Is what passes from me

To those around me

Through my words, my attitudes,

My actions

whatever is burrowed deep in this hungry soul

Is bound to be tethered to the hearts of many many more

May it be love