As if up-peering and glimpsing light brimming
On the apprehension of God as the giver of every perfect gift
As if up-peering
and glimpsing
light brimming
from a spring secure
its torrent streaming –
Mere earth accepting,
and, thrice-seen, being
by brightness grasped
or that same grasping –
Given, perhaps giving,
and still exchanging
what’s night for day,
the chasm mending –
For boon a plenty
some query rendering,
uttered or unsounded,
the heart tendering –
What hast thou,
that’s not received?
This ask thyself,
else be deceived.