Let Jesus Be Your Breath

"Let Jesus be your breath."

~St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain

 

Let Jesus be your breath.

He is the Door that is always

already open.

The frame has a shape,

but the passageway is empty.

Let Ram be your breath.

The arrow floats back to the bow.

That is how true warriors

win battles before they begin.

Let Allah be your breath.

Hu dissolves the sugar

into sweetness.

Now let the Goddess Kundalini

be your breath,

turning your midnight nerves

to bolts of lightning.

At dawn, the sound in your chest

is a forest full of exultation

about nest-building.

The fierce flower that blossoms

in your body may appear

like the universe outside you,

but it is a golden path

of drowning, self within self,

no distance, no journey.

The honey bee can't fly,

his feet are so weighty

with galaxies of deadly pollen.

See how the face of the Beloved

lures you inward

toward a Kiss

of annihilation.

When lips touch,

there is no breath at all,

and it will be a thousand years

until your next heartbeat.