for RoseAnn
O God of Peace, everywhere there is strife:
between water and earth, between fire and air,
between body and soul, between heart and mind.
Why must strife disturb our lives, and block
our access to Your Peace which radiates
from Your throne and illuminates every garden
on earth and in paradise with Your Goodness?
O God of Silence, there is a knot
in each heart which binds us to You.
It stops our feelings from wandering
in vain actions away from You.
And when we return to that core
we will rest in Your infinite silence
of Being, in a realm of pure praise.
O God of Time, You created DAYS
in which we bustle and acquire things
which tie us down, and You created NIGHTS
in which we divest ourselves of all daylight
weight and are released into the purity
of sleep, which is the threshold of Your Eternity.
Our dreams are acts of faith in Your Love.
O God of Ascents, there is a plateau
in each mind that rises above all else:
above cares and desires, above joy and sorrow,
above blessings and curses, above loss and gain.
At some moment known only to You, each of us
will rise from that plateau higher and higher,
amid rejoicings, to the Final Plateau of Your Presence.
Daniel, thank you so much for these four prayers of adoration, they are exquisite, beautiful, so totally pure and honest coming from your heart. They have all found their home within my soul, heart and photographic memory forever. They are all above reproach, their essence is founded in a belief of God, I am sure God is overjoyed at seeing how completely you've found Him. These poems will be a part of my life always, thank you dear Daniel. RoseAnn
A wonderful prayer addressing God from four aspects of His eminence! Daniel, you have trapped the 'fever and fret' of the times so masterfully! In a strife ridden world, there cannot be true joy other than the one emanating from God! I cannot say which is the best of these four! All are equally good. Yet I am inclined to say the last two, I prefer more to the first two! Top marks!
Thank you very much, Valsa. I believe what you say that there can be no true joy except what emanates from God, but I believe that is the HUMAN CONDITION, and to expect otherwise stems from an inability to accept the tragic reality of our existence. I am torn between beliefs, one in a divine universe, the other in a human universe. And this poem is a sincere expression of that first belief in a divine universe.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
This is really amazing. In a world full of strife, our soul seeks peace, silence and serenity. In our closeness to God, we can ascend to a state of rejoicing hard to find from worldly sources. A very enlightening write. A huge 10.