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I thought I had lost my god
and so I went searching for him.
 
I put on lamps and peered
into dusty corners and dog eared books.
 
I spoke to wayfarers and asked
about him from all whom I met.
 
I prayed in temples and other buildings
lighting candles with earnest fingers.
 
I gave away money to those who begged
feeling very small and poor myself.
 
I did all that I could, and still couldn’t find him
so I returned home, disappointed.
 
And then, in a flash of light, I saw him
in my breath and warmth and heartbeat.
 
I asked him where, and why, he’d gone.
He laughed and said, he hadn’t.
 
I had just lost and found myself.

~Aekta!