I see gods all around me
With every breath I take
I inhale one god and exhale another

Wherever my glance falls
I see god there; in each reflection
god sees me...but there's no one there

God is the instinct for the miraculous
God is the desire for source and object
Cause and effect, event and consequence

God is the ineffable obvious
The insufferable brilliance of thought
The incalculable misery of sorrow

God is the observer of the evident
God is the consequence of interaction
God is the personification of the heart

God is not hierarchy; God's not into that
Successive waves find no finish lines
Every wave sooner or later returns to the sea

God is the sequence of cause and effect
For each subsequent event is birthed
From the previous coming from the last event

God is the personification of hope and fear
The one who rewards good deeds
The one who punishes the evil doer

God is the indwelling consciousness of good and evil,
Right and wrong, justice and injustice
God is the judge, the judgment, and the judged.

The sufi turns and turns again
Whispering the secret with each breath
In one language or another; it remains the same:

Ishq Allah ma bud layla
Shem'a yisroel aydoni elohenu aydoni echod
La illaha il allah

It's all the same to me
A child calling out in fear
From the darkness of doubt

If you wish to see God
Hold your breath as long as you can
God will be in your next breath.