Out Beyond Christianity – Fred LaMotte

‘Out beyond Christianity
Magdalene and Jesus are dancing

in a garden where things grow wild,
where things grow into what they are.

Many paths lead here, not one,
and the gates are always open.

Over each gate there’s a sign:
‘Wanderers Welcome.’

Mary thinks Jesus is the gardener,
and he is.

They drink the wine that turns
temples into bodies again.

She reaches out to take his hand:
he lets her.

There are three rules here:
Yearn, Risk Everything, Connect.’

Fred LaMotte

Thanks to Vera de Chalambert on Facebook for showing us this wonderful poem.

Here’s a book link (not clear if this poem is in this book or not, as the writer has not yet managed to procure a copy):-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Wounded-Bud-Poems-Meditation-Alfred-K-Lamotte/0988944715/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1492331240&sr=8-2&keywords=alfred+lamotte

Wishing you and all of us and our world blessings this Easter.

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