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Jinen Jason Shulman

CONSTELLATION

We swim to God
because we’ve been
misled, the way we
find Cassiopeia and
bears and fish living
in the infinite sky.
But stars have no
names and picture
nothing and point
to nothing and are
only brilliant, bright,
and we were never
meant to suffer
at the hands of light.

But we do. And we
drown sometimes
in the fabled separation
that is our leaven,
and that we take
as part
of Heaven.

–from Rattle #36, Winter 2011
Tribute to Buddhist Poets

§ 3 Responses to “Constellation” by Jinen Jason Shulman

• Louise Gerace says:

  August 21, 2012 at 7:22 am

  Another oasis for the mind and spirit by Jinen Jason Shulman.
  Graceful, passionate…and ever so real.

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• Pam Hinden says:

  August 21, 2012 at 7:32 pm

  I love this poem. Thank you Jason.

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• Alice Forrester says:

  August 22, 2012 at 12:59 pm

  Thank you Jason. The sky is so often my refuge and you put it to words beautifully.

  Reply