Wailing

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Wailing

more than anything else i want to know you
O my soul! you, who are draped in Spirit!
you, who are the First Cause! of my being—
i say these things from second-hand knowledge,
i know these things with my mind because
my guru has told me—O my blessed guru!
i bow to you for telling me these things
and you have also told me that i alone
can walk that path that leads to my soul!
i alone can bring about the conditions
of mind and body that allow the soul!
to shine through.
O my soul! i wait, and suffer, and snuffle
and wail, and bitch, and whine—lift me
lift this fallen consciousness, lift this blathered
life, lift this booby-trapped angel, lift this
slithering coil to the place where you are,
where i want to be, where i want to meet
my soul! my Spirit,
my God—O Great Spirit!
O my soul! more than anything else i want to know you.