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Vision

by Elizabeth Reninger
(1963 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English
Secular or Eclectic
Taoist
Contemporary

Go out after midnight
with the sky trembling
in snowy light --
each star holding its filament
of desire. Merge

your mind with the spiraling
galaxies -- with a movement so
large only Your
heart can encompass it.

Drop your prayer into the ear
of God. Write a poem to help
her hear it.

Notice the moon grow
more distant and
diffuse -- Reappear
as your Beloved

looking out through eyes
vast as a Winter

Sky...

 

 

 

Themes

  Garden
  Heart
  Light
  Lover and Beloved
  Moon


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