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<div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span lang="EN">hymn to the sacred body of the universe<br><br>
<br>
let’s meet<br>
at the confluence<br>
where you flow into me<br>
and one breath<br>
swirls between our lungs<br>
<br>
let’s meet<br>
at the confluence<br>
where you flow into me<br>
and one breath<br>
swirls between our lungs<br>
<br>
for one instant<br>
to dwell in the presence of the galaxies<br>
for one instant<br>
to live in the truth of the heart<br>
the poet says this entire traveling cosmos is<br>
“the secret One slowly growing a body”<br>
<br>
two eagles are mating—<br>
clasping each other’s claws<br>
and turning cartwheels in the sky<br>
grasses are blooming<br>
grandfathers dying<br>
consciousness blinking on and off<br>
all of this is happening at once<br>
all of this, vibrating into existence<br>
out of nothingness<br>
<br>
every particle<br>
foaming into existence<br>
transcribing the ineffable<br>
<br>
arising and passing away<br>
arising and passing away<br>
23 trillion times per second—<br>
when Buddha saw that,<br>
he smiled<br>
<br>
16 million tons of rain are falling every second<br>
on the planet<br>
an ocean<br>
perpetually falling<br>
and every drop<br>
is your body<br>
every motion, every feather, every thought<br>
is your body<br>
time<br>
is your body,<br>
and the infinite<br>
curled inside like<br>
invisible rainbows folded into light<br>
<br>
every word of every tongue is love<br>
telling a story to her own ears<br>
<br>
let our lives be incense<br>
burning<br>
like a hymn to the sacred<br>
body of the universe<br>
my religion is rain<br>
my religion is stone<br>
my religion reveals itself to me in<br>
sweaty epiphanies<br>
<br>
every leaf, every river,<br>
every animal,<br>
your body<br>
every creature trapped in the gears<br>
of corporate nightmares<br>
every species made extinct<br>
was once<br>
your body<br>
<br>
10 million people are dreaming<br>
that they’re flying<br>
junipers and violets are blossoming<br>
stars exploding and being born<br>
god<br>
is having<br>
déjà vu<br>
I am one<br>
elaborate<br>
crush<br>
we cry petals<br>
as the void<br>
is singing<br>
<br>
you are the dark<br>
that holds the stars<br>
in intimate<br>
distance<br>
<br>
that spun the whirling,<br>
whirling,<br>
world<br>
into existence<br>
<br>
let’s meet<br>
at the confluence<br>
where you flow into me<br>
and one breath<br>
swirls between our lungs</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><br></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"> - Drew Dellinger</font></span></span></div>
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