OM...

My body caught fire like an ember,

as I brought the syllable OM,

the one that says "You are That,"
into me.

I moved through
the six chakra centers

that urge human beings to action
and out into the lightedness

where Lalla lives now.


- Lalla
14th Century North Indian mystic

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From "Naked Song"
Versions by Coleman Barks
Maypop 1992