If You Want

Our Lady (Stacy Wills, 2014)

alcohol ink on tile + sacred altering

If You Want

If you want, the Virgin will come walking down the road

pregnant with the holy, and say,

"I need shelter for the night, please take me inside

your heart, my time is so close."

Then, under the roof of your soul, 

you will witness the sublime intimacy, 

the divine, the Christ taking birth, forever,

as she grasps your hand for help, 

for each of us is the midwife of God,

each of us.

Yes there, under the dome of your being

does creation come into existence eternally,

through your womb, dear pilgrim - the sacred womb

of your soul, as God grasps our arms for help:

for each of us is his beloved servant, never far.

If you want, the Virgin will come walking down the street 

pregnant with Light and sing.

-St. John of the Cross

(translation by Daniel Ladinsky)