I have a constant busy mind
and yet my soul never stops
yearning for Your
gaze,
Your presence,
which seems to stop
all the circulation of information.
Not that I just stand
in this delight,
this
joy
for its moment only;
but that I gather luxuriant
Word
this passage presents.
What my eyes just caught
before this entrance
will then make common
into uncommon,
and its meaning will pour throughout me
with its unique diverse picture
of Your Door to Love,
as it pulls me past
its frame
and on to its room
much broader
than my mind could expand to
otherwise.
Inside I will feel
Your
jealous want of me
and find it puzzling;
but as I accept this heart,
Your
heart,
I will begin to find
my own jealous extremes
that I would never
put
another god before You
and my own yearning
that You never put another
before me.
There it becomes
plain
so I might get a portion
of this wonder.
I was created
separate from any other.
I
was made
from Your image
to be eternally enjoyed
and have joy
as this
jealousy
vows its commitment;
~I in You, You in me~
Jealousy holds this bond,
this
Door
to Love
– I am Yours, You are mine–
As jealousy grows,
love thickens;
and as outside
tries to lure
with
higher and higher fascination,
hearts with history
fight to be one fiercely.
Storms come
to knock down this
Door to
Love,
for such mighty beauty
such jealousy
sounds
about the
universe.
But jealous love,
I in You,
You in me
…. It forms one,
not two....
