O Lord if you are here
We shall not fear
We shall move through
And stay near to you
Near to your nucleus
Near to your nebulousness
To choose the labyrinth
Or choose the abyss
To choose the mirror
Or choose nothingness
To choose to intone thy name
With all our human frame
Or choose to remain
Near to your sheltering voice
Near to your motherly mask
Near to your fountain clear
Near to your lunar peaks
O Lord if you are everywhere
We shall not despair
With this word we bless
The shape of emptinesses
So near to within you
So near to without you
So near to beyond you
So near to identical to you
Near to your murderous beak
Near to your weeping breast
Near to your expanse of dust
Near to all extinction
Our blood like a wellspring
Rushing and gurgling
Singing with whispering
Our song is our sacrifice
O Lord if you are nowhere
We shall increase
Our search to seek
To see what no eye can see