The Desert Has 12 Things
Joseph Budenholzer
You must love nothingness
You must flee something
You must remain alone
And go to nobody
You must be very active
And free of all things
You must deliver the captives
And force those who are free
You must comfort the sick
And yet have nothing for yourself
You must drink the water of suffering
And light the fire of love with the wood of the virtues
Thus you live in the true desert