They Want To Be Alone (Monachus)with God. Poem by Genova Maaa my mother

A monk and a mystic poet
seeks to escape the distractions
and temptations of the society
to be alone (monachus)with God.

Many monks and mystic poets
emulated Moses and St. Paul
by preparing for their missions
in seculsions with the Holy One.

Many poets praise the uncluttered
view from the desert and the intimate silence.

„ O desert enamelled with the flowers
of Christ, O solitude where those stones are born of which the Apocalypse is built, ... the city of the great King…..
How long (he asks a friend)will you remain in the shadow of roofs, in the smoky dungeon of the cities? Believe me, I see here more of the light? " (Gannon, M. Thomas and Traub, W. George, The Desert and the City, London: The Macmillan Company,1969) .

(Graphic: St. Paul the Hermit - Attr. Mattia Preti - ca.1675 - oil on canvas.JPG - Wikimedia Commons