This poem came out of an exercise from the covenant group that I am co-facilitating at UUCA with my friend D. The theme for December is presence, and we were discussing and writing about when we have felt the presence of the holy.
What Holy Is
unfettered, your heart leaps and bursts
your self melts away
unexpected moments of peace, ephemeral
laughter that makes your eyes stream, face wrinkle, belly ache–surrendering to silliness
joining the seven thousand-heart choir on melody or harmony or something else entirely as Emily and Amy sing out
–any music that covers you so completely that you have to close your eyes and dance with your whole body or your two hands or your fluttering soul
reading a book whose wondrous, unforeseen rearrangement of words tears your heart to shreds and tenderly mends it back together
genuine, inspired hugs, even when they are awkward
–maybe especially then
intimate, startling vulnerability–locking eyes, witnessing tears, being understood
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