Christian Mysticism
Is the essential milieu
For a providential encounter
With the Tremendous Lover
Whose civilization of love
Is the liberating prophylaxis
For a generation
Engaged in a perplexing flirtation
With the Angel of Death
Christian Mysticism
Is the School of freedom
Where only the language
Of sacrificial love
Is spoken
And where the alabaster jar
Of self-indulgence
Is broken
That the sweet fragrance
Of self-transcendence
May flourish
But only the daring
Need apply.
