Ecstasy in Egypt’s Desert

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A sandaled foot sinks into the sand,
and Time collapses...

The landscape is transfigured -
every thing lives and is unfinished -
so much wet clay.

“Gently, brother, pray”
tread lightly, heed the tenderness,
the vulnerability of all things.

This is how I feel,
groans the earth,
experience my birth pangs,
witness my death throes.

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Hear, now, the agony of perpetual creation
The earth heaves, breathes a sigh
the air is full of her pregnant cries.

Watch the sky darken, hang heavy and low
with the lowering of a world-weary eyelid,
the vegetation, now, a deep matte velvet.

Widen the eyes, raise the head and spirit,
the greenery is radiant with light.
In the mystery of moods lies the mastery of scenery
with a look one can color the landscape.

With a look the parched throat of a canal dampens
wild flowers clamor to arrange themselves.
Surrendering her will, Nature is
formed, deformed, transformed.

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The double helix of Existence
laughter-suffering
elaborately, they alternate.

Tugging at the spirit,
the side of the mouth,
the corner of an eye.

The tear like a pendulum,
swings

Heart laid bare, mapped out
like overlapping tightropes
absorbing as a spider’s net.
One misstep and one is caught,
carried away and helpless.

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See faces contort, bend out of shape
the singular harmony of features
tortured by multiplicity,
violent winds agitating
the surface of still waters.

Ruins everywhere, rocks like bones
(as hard, as brittle)
now, age, wither.

Shuddering certainty where before
there was only intimation

Safeguarding her Secret
the Muse makes a mockery of words -
meaningless, words disperse
with a piercing glance.

Every thing is born, suffers and perishes
the belly of Being rumbles.
Eternity beckons...

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If you enjoyed this desert meditation, please, consider attending my upcoming virtual presentation on Revelation in the Egyptian Deserts on January 11, 2022 at 8pm EST

Thank you 🙏🏽✨

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[Original pictures taken at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt]