May My Bones Burn And Ravens Eat My Flesh Poem by Genova Maaa my mother

A mystic is a rare individual
who understands the four elements:
The institutional, the intellectual,
the social and mystical elements.

It is the mystical element that
holds together all the others.

The mystic is preoccupied
with the quest for the Divine.

The dominant motivation
ts the union with God.

He remains constant in his
contemplative commitment.

So, Thomas Merton would write:
„May my bones burn and ravens
eat my flesh, if i forget Thee".
(Thomas Merton, ‚The Captives-A Psalm‘,
The Tears of Blind Lions (Norfolk, Conn: New Directions,1949)PP.20-21.