A cat came drifting onto my porch from the outside cold

And with eyes closed, drinking warm milk from my bowl

Thought,

"Nobody hears me! Nobody hears me!

As I crept in so soft

And nobody sees me! Nobody sees me!"

As I watched six steps off



Like peacocks wandering the walkways of the zoo

Who have twice the autonomy the giraffes and the tigers do

Saying,

"No one can stop me! No one can stop me!

No one clips my claws.

Now everyone watch me! Everyone watch me

scale these outside walls!"



Oh you, pious and profane

Put away your praise and blame

Said, "A glass can only spill what it contains"

To the perpetually plain, the incurably inane

A glass can only spill what it contains



What new mystery is this?

What blessed backwardness?

The Immeasurable One is held and does not resist!

Struck by wicked words and foolish fists of senseless men

The Almighty One does not defend



I was halfway listening to what she thinks she knows

We're like children dressing in our parents' clothes

Saying,

"Nobody knows me. Nobody knows me.

No one knows my name.

Nobody knows me. Nobody knows me.

No, nobody knows me."



I half-heartedly explained

But gave up peacefully ashamed

A glass can only spill what it contains

We went to Portugal and Spain

And in her mind the entire time it rained

A glass can only spill what it contains



What new mystery is this?

In overflowing emptiness

The Invisible is seen among the shadows and the mist

Before my doubting eyes the Infinite appears in time

The Unquestionable is questioned but makes no reply



What new mystery is this?

What new mystery is this?

What new mystery is this?

What new mystery is this?

What new mystery is this?

"My Rabbi!"

My lips betray with a kiss

What new mystery is this?