Today is the feast day of Teresa of Avila, Spanish mystic and Carmelite nun. This is a beautiful poem attributed to her, though when I double checked it appears to be a poem based on something she wrote since I can't find an original Spanish version (I'm going to look for it because if it's not hers it'd be a great disillusion!). Nonetheless, I love it:
Just these two words He spoke
changed my life,
"Enjoy Me."
What a burden I thought I was to carry -
a crucifix, as did He.
Love once said to me, "I know a song,
would you like to hear it?"
And laughter came from every brick in the street
and from every pore
in the sky.
After a night of prayer, He
changed my life when
He sang,
"Enjoy Me."
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