by
Thomas Merton
A yellow flower
(Light and spirit)
Sings by itself
For nobody.
A golden spirit
(Light and emptiness)
Sings without a word
By itself.
Let no one touch this gentle sun
In whose dark eye
Someone is awake.
(No light, no gold,no name, no color
and no thought:
O, wide awake!)
A golden heaven
Sings by itself
A song to nobody.
Thanks, Stuntmother.