I Searched

i searched o'er the flatland grey
 as
the beast of every burden
i ultimately accepted
i threw out net after net
to
 the eternal sea
to find the drop
that is me
i went walking through the emerald forest
and read 10000 acres of words...
icy winds seared me in half and my roots
broke every accord

i opened the lotus blossom
one by one and danced
naked in her corolla
under the tempest moon
and golden-appled sun
i stretched myself to fit every skin
and flew away on fervent prayers
of a glass-winged butterfly

i found God in the tattered shawl
of a ghost i send across the river,
over and over

i can not rest

for i have not touched You,
my Beloved You

even though You are as close as my
ebbing breath.