Consumed

Love ..

is the Lamp of God,

I am its moth;

Love is a shackle, . my heart is its crazy captive. "

                              - Seyh Galib

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It seems crazy I suppose

But I really don’t like religion very much

All that dogma and ritual

They have their place of course

The sacraments are like signs along the road

Pointing toward something more profound

Higher up, deeper in

But honestly

My connection with the sacred is irresistible

Powerful

Consuming

it draws me down paths I would never go on my own

it makes me (a true introvert), outspoken

about injustices

it causes me to say things I know the culture in which I am embedded with abhor

for as one consumed by the light

as one totally enslaved by Sacred love

I can do no less

Even if it means I must be..

A little “crazy”