I once danced alone
in the garden
in the streets
in the sanctuary
where all was hushed
solemn and proper
I danced
with joy and noise
and sang with delight
“shhh” they said
“we are praying”
I am praying too
and one day
You found me there
silent and weeping
and one day
amid the trees of the forest
I heard your voice
felt You smiling in sunbeams
laughing
with wind and rain
and my prayers ascended once more
waved heavenward by cedar and myrtle
and again I swayed
with branches reaching high above human constructs
bowed down beneath a ceiling of stars
beneath a singular sky
to the One
Jewniquely Myself 
Oh my God! This is unbelievable!!! The poem is my story — from your pen! I wonder if I should be more serious and contemplative and not so playful, to have a deeper relationship with the One! I was trying to be silent but somehow the poems keep urging me to laugh and love! And sway – with YOU, my sweet Joan – beneath a ceiling of stars under a singular sky. What an incredible blessing it is for me to read these words. I know you understand, our hearts are wrapped around each other. Love and prayers. 🙂
Oh, I know…I am learning more every day to be who I truly am, to speak and pray and just BE me…I try to “behave” butJoy and Love bubble up to overflowing and my praise is suddenly too confined. Thank you for BEING you, sweet Krishnapriya, thank you for joining me in Love’s dance, the Song of Joy unbounded, Life seeking after Life…you are so dear to me, you cannot imagine how sharing this journey with you has freed me to BE! Much, much love, sweet friend! , I know…I am learning more every day to be who I truly lam
Your poem is so inspiring for me and your words here even more so. Song of Joy unbounded — wow! That feels so true. I worry about a being “me” because i wonder if it is my “ego” that wants to be a certain way and isn’t that path to God one of dissolving the ego. But after reading your words, i think the path is to be as God would want us to be – as He is – brimming with love, joy and sweetness. Can i thank you again, and again and again and then some more for being here and letting me share my heart with you? Shalom! 🙂
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Thank you, darling friend, Patty! *smiling heart*
The simplicity of true spirituality.
You’ve expressed it so eloquently.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, David, I’m so delighted you find meaning in my words. Blessings and peace to you, my friend!