fun, translating a desert monk’s raw Pearl power (from the parable of the Pearl of great cost) prayer today:

I come again to this cave in the desert
where my father’s hid
this room inside where i write from.
the walls are made of Pearl
the whole Cave is The Pearl(
i want to stay here forever
everything here is white stone
including my bones
which only reflect The Son now.
at least, while i’m in this room-
The one I’m writing from
and being written from-
where all our names are etched on the walls
like spiritual graffiti.
Happy to find so many names
in the hall of saints
which seems to go on
forever. There is noone
but Jesus and all that is in Him
here now. Everything is illuminated.
Everything a Holy of Holies
with no veil. Thanks Jesus
for bringing me here again.
Your home is mine.
Who others see
is just coming from
the me I am from this place.
Nothing else is Real, but You
and now me.