Monday, August 30, 2021

Having Coffee with God

 In a place 

From a far past 


A backyard suspended


In the air, from a hill


In El Cajón, California


A pool and tiles around


All that this place is about


I sit on the edge of the void


Between the pool behind 


And nothingness ahead 


Right between us


The two of You and me


A little mug of espresso


Sits very little but strong


On the smooth blue green tiles


Me and this teeny little cup


Brings a memory back


Of a sunflower standing tall


And a tiny ant walking low


The proud and the humble 


In the delicious aroma of humility 


My heart is awake  


With love and passion


My mind crystal clear 


With spiritual bewilderment


You whisper gently to me


I am The Source of everything


Then you affectionately show me


Below, four vultures riding the air


Turkey birds circling the void


Around and counterclockwise 


Four beautiful words


No God but God


La ilaha illa Llah


From the beginning to the end


All evolves around My God


On the edge of everythingness


One sip after another


One word after another


So much to share 


So much to catch up on


My favorite thing in the world


Having coffee with You


A spiritual romantic moment


Taken in with gratitude 


Put around my finger 


As a priceless extinct diamond 


This edge of Divine enlightenment. 


© Imane Lemnii, 2021


A kettle of turkey vultures circling.
Photo by Jessie Eastland
from Wikimedia Commons


1 comment:

Helen Kanevsky said...

“And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help — for It As impotently moves as you or I.”
Helen Kanevsky and Omar Khaiam.
A great poem