might as well face reality

            

                

              ALL THINGS DESIRE

All things desire to be like God,
   and infinite space is a mirror
    that tries to reflect His  body.

But it can’t.

All that infinite existence can show us of Him
              is only an atom of God’s being.

God stood behind Himself one night

   and cast a  brilliant shadow

       from which creation came.

Even this shadow is such a flame

  that  moths consume their selves in it every second -
   with their sacred passion to possess beautiful forms.

Existence mirrors God the best it can,
     though how arrogant for any image in that mirror,
      for any human being, to think they know His will;

       for His will has never been spoken,

His voice would ignite the earth’s wings

     and all upon  it.

We invent truths about God to protect ourselves
             from the wolf’s cries we hear and make.

All things desire to be like God,
           all things desire to love.

                             Thomas Aquinas

                                      ....Daniel Ladinsky,  trans.

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