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FIRE AND ICE

…the presence of the One in the here and now, that leads to…

intuitive intimations that there is something “beyond” as well.
—Arthur Green. Seek My Face. p.6

I dance this morning on the liminal Rabbis of old tell how we walk the
edge— boundary—

the liminal edge

questions between fields of fire and fields of
burning ice.

with longing
Too close we burn, consumed by
Mystery.
frozen
with the absence Too far, we freeze in the absence

of answers. of the Divine.

I look around—
To my right a tiny yellow warbler

on a trembling green stalk.
To my left, a dandelion puff rivulets sing their way down the
mountain,
floats in tandem with another wave grandly to Queen Anne’s Lace.
on a swell of wind. Acorn shells at my feet—

tiny, perfect whorls.
The sun comes
and goes, I am
ever-changing palette neither

of khaki, mint, teal and lime— too hot

nor too cold.
hills proclaiming the glory

of the earth. The questions

are gone.

Jennifer (Jinks) Hoffmann is a longtime SDI member, and is currently the Poetry Editor for SDI. Jinks will
be facilitating a 4-part webinar for SDI - Dreams, Poetry & Spiritual Direction - Tools for
Awakening - beginning June 18th, 2019. Join us - sdiworld.org/events/webinars

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