‘Ask anything.’
My Lord said to me.
And my mind and heart thought deeply
for a second,
then replied with just one word,
‘When?’
God’s arms then opened up and I entered Myself.
I entered myself when I entered
Christ.
And having learned compassion I
allowed my soul
to stay.
From Love Poems from God, by Daniel Ladinsky. Copyright © 2002 by Daniel Ladinsky. Reprinted by permission of the author.