"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.
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