You know what it requires to be a skillful lover?
a flare for escorting passion
right up to the door of ecstasy
and once intertwined
falling over the threshold together
You know how a great lover of God performs?
approaches the same door taps politely
prays for entry knocks harder pleads
to come in and when no one answers
wails the wet howl of an abandoned heart
true lovers of God fully prostrate knees chest arms and face on grimy tile filthy carpet leaf litter even rough gravel to slather their affection onto Him with such feeling and practiced devotion t
your soul is like a horse that tires of the well-worn path to the trough the same dry oats and brittle straw the smell and gloom of a familiar stall the muscles of your chest pressing a little too har
pull and drip pull and drip pull and drip a golden smudge spreads across an arc of indigo sky the sun yellows the church tower chases candlelight back through windows and around the shadows of ruffled