iii. redeem

Hallelujah to the holy places, the
cosmos and country. Perch in the
sacred pews of the trees and hear the
glades preach a sermon. Birds bringing
baptism and the ocean a communion; partake of
the portions of living and cleave to sky and sea.

And so near to me was a grace loud and
hovering; struck as lightning to
pierce the blue of all dwellings -
above, below, and within.

So close I could feel it smile, hear it
stare the skin, taste the merry laughter of
its breath. And life appeared to me,
translucent as a wraith, whispering, wise
and whirring both in wind and wave. It
implored me to inhabit every space, swallow
the stretches of a groaning expanse, then
closed its eyes with mine and
prayed for a birth and a bloom.

And I knew that what I knew
was good

And I saw that what I saw
was true

And I felt that what I felt
was new