Spiritual Birth

-Michal Mahgerefteh

November 11, 2010

       È ”The angel of God encamps around His reverent ones, and releases them.“

                                                               — Tehillim, Psalm 3

I.

Within the brume, wings

flutter in unison, rising high

like billowing clouds and with

fingers upon harp and lyre

spawn the I AM awareness

across my planetary home.

II.

In bed, swirling in a thin layer

of emotions, and as Michael,

Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael stand

guard at my bed and without

any residue of sin, my I AM

intensifies; tier upon tier of fiery

threads expand in ever-widening

circles, amassing my strength to

face each day with a “breath of fire.”

III.

The veil between the worlds

parts, the Eternal revealed

as brilliant as a thousand suns,

repeated chants that muted

the voice of sin over the City

of Gold where kings and prophets

are a memory of ancient glory.

IV.

As the sun breaks through

strands of morning mist,

they ascend unto God, but

their essence remains in the

pulsing realm of thoughts.

Michal Mahgerefteh  Michal Mahgerefteh is an award-winning poet and artist. She is Editor and Publisher of Poetica Magazine, Reflections of Jewish Thought. Her debut poetry collection, In My Bustan, was released in late 2009, and her second book, Field of Harps, a collection of poems and drawings, is scheduled to be released January  2011. Michal is currently working on a contemporary acrylic paintings centered on the letter Shin, “Shin: The Three Pillars.”