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Haiku of the Dark Night

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undress my poems
scatter them about the room
-- drink deep my heart life

a little boy looks
through the eyes of a white beard
-- time merges and fades

bewilder me, Love,
chase me like the forest wind
-- shadow play and glance

afternoon thunder
and a numbing depression
--so heavy, these beads

imagine: my mouth
clamped tightly to Your left breast
-- what would You do next

the burn of Love's hand,
endless quest and consequence
-- living, yet i die

breathing the mountain,
each step, closer to the Heart
-- "this that" such Beauty!

slowly the mind breaks,
descending into the heart
-- clinging to the Name

She comes: no mercy
left and right, the shattering
-- a potshard of self

offering my heart:
how far can one go in Love?
-- She whispers, "no end"

hide and seek gaming,
Holy One! i am so tired
-- why not just kiss me?

blankets over me
curled in a gut wrenching groan
-- where to look for Light?

heaved ashore by night
alone, as the ticking clock
-- why still this needing?

this moment is yours,
Love is the One in my breath
-- touch my tongue with Yours

walking the green hills
distant voices, distant thoughts
-- approaching One sound

just sit, nothing do.
breathing mountains and rivers
-- the playtime of God

nightfall at monk's pond
when prayer cups the cosmos
-- paradise opens

am i so crazy,
wanting to mirror Your Love?
-- draw from me my breath!

intently silent,
i hear the pain of this world
-- the mountain dogwood

lonely and afraid,
i yearn for You in the night
-- my heart in the Fire

like a bird of prey
You tear my heart from my chest
-- Your talons, my Love!

paradise scent, and
these beads, like caressing God
-- daybreak in Love's ooze

how You feed the earth
with such delectable love
-- hurry and kiss me!

hiding, nevermore
my heart is shattered for You
-- kiss me, touch me, here

by means of expanse,
all things converge into Light
-- and Flame frees the fire


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