Oh, the world now!
People walk head down, glued to the phone screen.
On the radio, death, cruelty and shock.
The talk among people is loud, raucous,
assuming the worst of each other.
And yet-
There is on Earth a language
stronger than conflict,
closer than computer screens,
more tender than music.
All beings have this language,
all speak it.
Once in a while you're taken by surprise,
and you remember that you know this well-
the language of the sacred.
It's a dark place, quiet and still,
yet open like a window to all the world.
It's a prayer flag, it's a baptismal font
in the lap of the Goddess.
It is a rattle of awakening, of clearing and cleansing,
and we all have it,
the Language of the Sacred.
Annelinde Metzner
Womenspirit Gathering
May 21, 2022
