you receive a gift.
It has no pretty packaging
there is no bow or string
it takes nothing to open it
not really
no effort of hands or strength.
There is the anticipation
but different it is full of hope
and requires opening
with will to trust
and courage of belief alone.
Yet if
when
I hold it out and admire
allow my senses to accept
the uplifting of the lid this gift
reveals a box of wonder
with depth I could not perceive before I held it
and took it on myself
wrapped my soul in its beauty
that only with spirit I beheld.
Don’t run and wash your hands if the Beloved ever offers something to you. He knows where they have been, out touching the holy~
Hafiz