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LAUGHTER CAME FROM EVERY BRICK

Just these two words He spoke
changed my life,

 

“Enjoy Me.”

 

What a burden I thought I was to carry -
a crucifix, as did He.

 

Love once said to me, “I know a song,
would you like to hear it?”

 

And laughter came from every brick in the street
and from every pore
in the sky.

 

After a night of prayer, He
changed my life when
He sang,

 

“Enjoy Me.”

 

From “Love Poems From God” by Daniel Ladinsky.
Based on original poem by St Teresa of Avila

The Hope of Loving

What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?

I think it is the hope of loving,
or being loved.

 

I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey
to find its source, and how the moon wept
without her lover’s
warm gaze.

 

We weep when light does not reach our hearts. We wither
like fields if someone close
does not rain their
kindness
upon
us.

 

From “Love Poems From God” by Daniel Ladinsky.

- Original poem by Meister Eckhart