I am in Love with Every Church by Hafez

We all have different ways of going about our lives: we may be Christian or Muslim, vegan or omnivore, artist or stockbroker.

Often, these differences can fool us into thinking that we have nothing in common. And yet it is not only the route we take through life that defines us: no less important is the destination towards which we aim.

Wherever or whomever we worship, whatever our moral code or our profession, we are probably working towards the same goal as someone who might seem to be our polar opposite. Fundamentally, we all want many of the same things: to live a good life; to feel happy, safe and loved; and, most of all, to be able to see ourselves as good people: to be able to live with ourselves.

I am in Love with Every Church

I am in love with every church
And mosque
And temple
And any kind of shrine
Because I know it is there
That people say the different names
Of the One God.

Write Your Medicine Prompt:

To start, choose an image that catches your attention, evokes a rumbling of emotion. You may know why, maybe not. Sometimes it is writing itself that will help you see why that image resonates.

It can be an image in your imagination, a pic from your cell phone, or a random picture from a magazine.

The idea is to explore, in poetry, how this image makes you feel. Often the image that comes to mind or captures your attention is speaking to you, represents a part of you that wants to be expressed. In this context, writing is the deepest form of listening. 

Here is my image:

Here is my poem:

Like the wave
A memory of a dream
Swimming the depths
Surrounded with whales
I am afraid
I feel free

What is your image and poem?