Bird is Bird
Mid-afternoon, late September in the mountains. I was on a long climb through forest when the trail took a sharp right giving way to a steep exposed slope and headed toward an unseen ridge line. Reaching the top, there was nothing but shimmering blue sky in front of me and a lone bird in the distance. A daylight full moon sat near the horizon.
Sometimes the spiritual traveler will say a prayer with his eyes, with her heart, with his breath, with her being. And it doesn’t sound like a prayer at all.
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Bird is Bird
Bird is bird.
Sky is sky.
You are You.
I am I.
Sun in East.
Sun in West.
Morning glory.
Evening rest.
Moon by day.
Moon at night.
Heaven’s mirror.
Earth’s delight.
Bird in air.
Bird in flight.
Holy motion.
Sacred sight.
Blue the sky.
Blue the sea.
Who will listen?
Who will be?
© 2011 Alden Solovy and http://www.tobendlight.com. All rights reserved.
Postscript: Here’s my question: whose voice is this? Who is saying this prayer? Is it the Seeker? Or is it the Sought? Other prayers of the spiritual traveler include: “Come Walk,” “Leaving,” “Remember” and “About the Rainbow.”
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LOVE this one!