ONENESS WITH GODNESS
Poem for Today - July 30, 2014
ONE WITH GOD
A fish cannot drown in water,
A bird does not fall in air.
In the fire of creation,
Gold doesn’t vanish:
Gold doesn’t vanish:
The fire brightens.
Each creature God made
Must live in its own true nature;
How could I resist my nature,
That lives for oneness with God?
© Mechthild of Magdeburg (1210-1297)
Translated by Jane Hirshfield,
Page 64 in The Enlightned Heart,
An Anthology of Sacred Poetry
by Stephen Mitchell
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