dualisms

prayer:
not mind alone;
mind and body together.
the seperation is not one that you recognise.
[my mind must touch its body
and my body must touch its mind]

greek and jew;
body and soul:
you scythe these fences without remorse
and we cannot understand why.

but worse still:
when we try to understand
we build them again!
[language does not countenance holiness].

my agenda is in tatters.
my context: tiniest me.

yes it is true:
I cannot come to you except through . . . . . .
. . . . . . me?
[my inability to understand kingship
suddenly a barrier]

I cannot come to you except through . . . . . .
. . . . . . .us
[the psalms whisper triumphantly]

that rather fancy word agape
not one I've dared use before