The Divine Mirror

When the first morsel of food
Was placed on your tongue…
Your eyes were alit…
You tasted and retasted
What was on your tongue…
You reached toward your mother
And loved her for sustaining
Your body
And Making you whole…
But have you tasted the love for God…?
Once you have tasted the love for God
You shall smile as if
The world has brought you gold…
You shall learn to laugh at things
That seem to you as trouble…
You shall cry in remembering
The wasted moments
Of doubt and tension…
You shall guard the peace
That you feel within
Just like a queen bee
That guards the honey
In the hive…
The norms of society
Shall no more call
Your name…
You shall be happy
To be with your heart
And spend day and night
In filling and refilling
The reservoirs of love
For your beloved Lord…

You shall see
The stormy skies
And smile as it stares…
You will walk
Through the gusty winds
And fear not
What you may have to bear…
And when the sun shines
In the skies…
You shall turn to its lights
And know that in its brilliance
Your sweet Lord smiles and hides…

In times of disease…
In times of death
You shall stay with the Lord
And pray…
And from your love for Him
You shall draw the verses of wisdom
And repeat their truth
Until time passes away…

The taste of love
For the Lord Himself
Remains for lives to come…
And each time your body awakens…
To a new birth…
You smile and remember
The food of love…
In which your soul awoke…
And the sweet nectar of truth
Poured from within
And made each dark night
A day of God to live…

Do not worry
Of how you shall foster
This love for God
In your life…
Just remember
The loneliness
Before the days
Before you fell in love
With Him…
And you shall yourself
Turn away
From the gloom
Of piercing fears.

O when you have
Tasted
Peace for once…
Your heart shall
Tremble
To draw the old world near…

The strength
To love God
Comes
When you see Him
So very much
Like yourself…
The closer you go
To His sweet good ways
You my friend
Shall see
The mirror
In His heart
That reflects
A picture
Of this world
In which God stands
And gives His love
Continuously…to you…and me…

Yes! O Child
You love God
For He is you
More than you
And you…yourself…
And the moment
You place
This Divine Mirror
Upon your wall…
You shall always see
The truth of you…
The truth in which
He alone reflects
Within your soul
And the love for God
For which you breathe
Is the food
Of that soul
That keeps it full…
And makes it complete!