The Sacred Rites Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

This poem closes in on itself which is appropriate because sacred rites are too fragile to be subjected to scrutiny by the merely curious. Those who do not sense the -shhh of the worshippers can only disrupt and distort the event. But those who have open minds and receptive hearts, those are the ones who are welcome to join in the ceremony .They will be enlightened by the three-fold experience of visionary light - first the sheen of the glistening white lake, secondly the light of white stars punctuating the stark, dark sky, and finally the perfect white glow of the moon. This enlightenment transcends language and dogmas and imprints itself directly on the souls of the worshippers.