”The erotic ascent to the divine which is also a descent into the depths of selving has itself to be purified of a clinging to self that prevents the release towards transcendence as other.” Desmond, G&B, 273.
A youth wandering
in the Sierra sipping
bright snowbank runoff.
First communication
to my solitary self
of earthly good. Now
my attention drawn
to unearthly good, of late
it may be too late,
though watching the ducks
teaches wise passivity
in the estuaries.
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