' The Nearness of Source '...

It is God who yawns and sneezes
and coughs, and now laughs.

Look, it's God doing ablutions!

God deciding to fast, God going naked
from one New Year's Eve to the next.

Will you ever understand
how near God is
to you?



- Lalla
14th Century North Indian mystic

From "Naked Song"
Versions by Coleman Barks
Maypop 1992