Ye Cloude of Unknowing

Now finally we dive
Naked we dive like a leaf from the tree
Into the purest sky
— moths in ecstasy, straight in the flame
We hail this golden day
Has never a day been so bright, so glorious!
Our breath has left the clay
As our bodies lay
A desert silence is growing
Within the cloud of unknowing
Annihilate the fears, annihilate the tears
Abandon whatever that binds!
Ignore the desire by quenching its fire
Untie thyself from the ground
Then rise!
…and the dark night of the soul
Still in a blessed forgetfulness
Don’t be afraid to fall
— the world is no more, God is no more
Thyself is no more!
Leave everything behind
And enter the halls of oblivion
This emptiness divine
Is for us to find