Four Prayers Of Adoration Poem by Daniel Brick

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.