Salutation

In one salutation to thee, my God, 

let all my senses spread out and touch this world at thy feet. 

Like a rain-cloud of July 

hung low with its burden of unshed showers 

let all my mind bend down at thy door in one salutation to thee. 

Let all my songs gather together their diverse strains into a single current 

and flow to a sea of silence in one salutation to thee. 

Like a flock of homesick cranes flying night and day 

back to their mountain nests 

let all my life take its voyage to its eternal home 

in one salutation to thee.