skinning your knees on god

[desmond dillon]

  

little by little,

you will turn into stars.

even then, my dear

you will only be 

a crawling infant

still skinning your knees on God.

little by little

you will turn into

the whole sweet amorous universe

in heat,

on a wild spring night,

and become so free

in a wonderful, secret

and pure love

that flows

from a conscious

one pointed

infinite need for light.

even then, my dear

the beloved will have fulfilled

just a fraction,

just a fraction!

of a promise

he wrote upon your heart.

when your soul begins

to ever bloom and laugh

and spin in eternal ecstasy

O little by little,

you will turn into God.

hafiz (trans by daniel ladinsky)

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[janice wilson]