Take my chest and blow it open
make a bomb out of this heart
let what's unseen push my ribs apart

it's a start

You crack the shell to find the bird

You part the mouth to make the word
You shake the sky to feed the sea
now shake me


You pierce the skin to clear the wound
You cut the reed to sound the tune

You split the seed to bring the tree
now break me


Take my hand and pull it open
pry these fingers from my palm
let every fist I make be broken

into a place for alms

Stretch this thread into Your loom

pick this rose to scent Your room
boil these leaves to make Your tea
boil me


Mold the bones that form this face
break the dam that holds Your grace

burn a wick so light can be
burn me


Take me
where the sheep are catching wolves
where the parts are weaving wholes

where the drop contains the sea
where You are me