GO TO BED HUNGRY TONIGHT

FIND GOD TOMORROW

when’s the last time you went to bed hungry

seriously hungry

not hangry, not craving something, not no snacks after dinner

not no dinner, no 

no dinner, no lunch, no breakfast

hungry

plenty do it every day

try it maybe?

is it too scary

is it too hard

is there no reason?

many do it every day

are you too undisciplined

are you too weak?

try it maybe?

for them

solidarity

for you

one day with more intent

and more commitment

and more- enduring 

than a hundred, empty, meaningless

half-ass, screaming-in-traffic- Lent -days

one day

one day, in mental solitude

not physical, mental

a world around cluttered

and chaotic

but the world within

defined

intentioned

ordered

maybe give it a try 

today?

tomorrow will come soon enough

and with it

one may fall 

back

into

comfort- cozy- glutton- soothing- distracting

distancing- intoxicating- hiding- lying- 

dying

but maybe one day

maybe to day

keep an ordered world within

if for no other reason

than the honest inability

to order the world

with out

a body given only to sustain

nothing more

a mind given only the same

nothing more

not comfort, a tree does not ask for comfort

only for that which sustains

comfort- no, too difficult- a slippery slope

what’s to entertain versus what is to distract?

an empty vessel in a room of gushing faucets

but none of which pours water

the mind is a cup, better left empty

than to fill with that which fattens

that which rots, dehydrates, intoxicates

leaves thirsty,

and ultimately, which poisons

the mind, like the body, a cup

better left empty

than to fill with substitutes for 

sustenance that is

pure

mirages that leave cracked lips  

salt being what’s truly given

the mind, a cup

better left bone dry

from such emptiness only-

is the divine opportunity presented

for the introduction 

and shape 

of water

when the

skies

finally 

break


begins with body

follows with mind

culminates with soul


go to bed hungry tonight

find god tomorrow


10.03.2018