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Apr 04, 2008

A Sabbath Poem (St. Teresa)


THE SKY’S SHEETS

~ St. Teresa of Avila

When God touches me I clutch the sky’s
sheets,
the way other
lovers
do

the earth’s weave
of clay.

Any real ecstasy is a sign
you are moving
in the right
direction,

don’t let any prude tell
you otherwise.


(from the Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices
from the East and West
, translation Daniel Ladinsky
- Penguin Compass, 2002)

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thank you for this beautiful poem. i am a big fan of st. teresa, i'm currently working on a painting of her.
if everyone would love like she did they would have a more intimate relationship with christ.
spread love & beauty
la milagrossa

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