Mirabai writes of her journey
Posted on Feb 3rd, 2007
by 
Aditi Devi
Aditi Devi
I Write of That Journey
I remember how my mother would hold me.
I would look up at her sometimes and see her weep.
I understand now what was happening.
Love so strong a force
it broke the
cage,
and she disappeared from everything
for a blessed moment.
All actions have evolved
from the taste of flight;
the hope of freedom
moves our cells
and limbs.
Unable to live on the earth, Mira ventured out alone in the sky--
I write of that journey
of becoming as
free as
God.
Don't forget love;
it will bring all the madness you need
to unfurl yourself across
the universe
By Mira, aka Mirabai
(*Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West* translated by Daniel Ladinsky, Penguin Compass, 2002, p. 202)
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