Pearl

Polishing 
the pearl in my chest 
with this breath, 
I know 
that the silence of my heart 
is God, 
the glow is Christ, 
and the river of unborn stars 
flowing through my spine
is the Holy Spirit. 
Then what is my soul?
No-thing but a shimmer
of amazement
as Lover and Beloved
dissolve into Love.
This is how three become
One, and One
becomes three.
Choose anything,
the sound of a cricket,
the roar of the sun,
the motionless explosion 
of a rose.

Art: J. Kirk Richards