Two

In the middle of the night

my heart got me up

like a loud knock on the door.

I answer, “No, let me sleep.”

A nudge from an invisible hand

pushes my back until

I stumble to the floor to meditate.

To my heart I say,

“Show me your divinity,

I’m sitting here, so wake me up!”

I hear nothing but the whir of the clock

then

a thunder howls inside me

light flashes behind my eyes

the breath answers in a whisper

“I am here”

and the gentlest rain

spills down my cheeks.