Love Letter 353 Answer Me

I witness you

because you are the cutlery

with which I whisk my fingers

and dry my eyes

so thine own work be true

I unstead my fast

so I might be steadied

I hold your yoke

so I might be keeled into unmettled union

I bare your flask

so I might wear the serpent

and drink his venom

just to know God

in these thin halls, where the weak mind keeps on binding

I bend down my heart

and rub it in the soil

of your unseen sound

and prepare my prayer

like a ball gown and a garden

and still

your steps

mistake my vow

for worthiness

Oh Love

anoint me

at the foot of your star

and allow my little light

to wear your Oil

Oh Love

take not my rest

but my pungent steadfast lunge at your crib

to honor You

Your Beloved

Love Letter 352 Calm me

For I have known forgiveness, my lord

But I have not known you

For I have known bread and butter

and my enemy by his name

But not you

For I have fortuned and entered the very plan of my own heart

aching and meeting

again

the undulation of the breath unknown and the thing ungiven

and still

Your Breath

maintains

a singular identity which embraces all

And I know not

how

to break free

and Love

that which already Is

so Precious

without begging to know

HOW

it is

it came to love me

Oh Lord, I ask for your intercession

as you know me well

and claim over me

all that ever is

may I bask in you

forever

whether I know or not

how it is

You came to Love Me

Your Beloved

Love Letter 351 Exceptional Following

I relish you

down to your toenails

each fine arch of trouncing comfort cuddling the ground

gripping the grit of each step with triumphant steadfast fumbling

precise exclamation of each vibrant beast of life

standing in its power

coiling and uncoiling

positioning Your Body

to Greet Me

Each Day

positioning Your Body

to Greet Me

Each Day

like a Holy Trundle

Rolling Across Salvation

to Make Me Whole

I Love You

Your Beloved