Immersed in Glory

Immersed in Glory

—after “I Am the Bubble, Make Me the Sea”

Thou wak’st my senses to clear sight, glorious sound,
Intelligent touch, pure fragrance, tempered taste.
Thou wak’st my senses by immersing them in Glory
Inundating them in the silence of Thy vastness,
Spilling on them the majestic light show
Of Thy body, bound by boundlessness.

In the ocean of Thy love, my bubble heart
Contracts and expands to eternity.
My restless brain shrinks and extends
Its reach to unknown realms of wisdom.
My soul knows itself in the crash of breaking worlds
Where it stands unshaken hand in hand with Thee.
As Thou dost, so I wish to do forever,
Engulfed in the Glory of Thy sacred presence.

A slightly different version appeared in my collection Singing in Soul Silence: Voices of Faith in the third section “Chants to Poems”