the vow

we tremble in the presence

we are divinely human here and now

returning to ourselves is our only advance.

in adoration of all, our one heart’s desire

the temple we will enter, our bodies the sacred tau

lives of longing and love, forbearance and fire.

or will we endlessly seek, asking in vain, ever again

how does it feel, to come forth and take the vow?

doubting the answer, affirms only the cause of our pain

and to the lonely sorrows we return, for somehow

we cannot face our forgiveness as self ordained.

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