Conduit to God

By Rami Shapiro

Sing and awake.
Sing the never-before-sung.
Sing a new song
To God
From God
As God.
I still my mind and calm my heart;
I soften my breath and fill my belly with air;
I hold that fullness in tension
To be released only when the spirit moves.
My breath is transformed
From silence to sound,
From mystery to music and
Back to mystery again.
For breath is the conduit to God,
And song the sound of breath in love.

“Conduit to God” from Accidental Grace by Rami M. Shapiro. Copyright © 2015 by Rami M. Shapiro. Used by permission of Paraclete Press.