Ode to My God

For the greatest man ever born :

GOD

No idolatry for me –

I invoke

You,

the formless incarnate;

the highest truth,

the deepest desire,

the wildest wish,

the subtlest spring,

toforestall my fate.

(Today, at any rate.)

There is a prayer

repressed in my bower –

it begs words

to stoke its fire.

For all I have

is

a helpless love

even

your treacherous glances

cannot tire.

(In spite of all the mud and mire.)

Help me,You,

whose name I breathe,

whose breath I feel,

whose sky is blue.

All time stands still

in this moment

I steal

for this my cause,

its Cause to reveal.

(And this is my Hour.)

In darkness bright

I plead my right

I sell my soul

for this insight

to me

long due.

(Tell me,

God,
my God,

Who are you?)