AND IF SUDDENLY IN A FLASH

And if suddenly in a flash
I were to realize You,
would I be like a person
born without sight,
who after surgery
awakens to a new world
of blinding Light

and finds himself
incapable of functioning,
unable to distinguish
boundaries that alone
make living possible?

A  “gross world”
in which everything is
simply a separate object,
is itself untenable,
and so we conceive
patterns of harmony
which lift us into
an intuitive  perception
of greater unity.

Yet absolute Oneness,
try as I might,
I can’t conceive!

Thankfully, my job now
is just to follow You.

(Nov, 2020)
Painting: "The Vision" (1988?)