The Institute of Reflection
The virtual Agora for Occidental Meditation – A Tool for Clearer Thinking, Emotional Balance and a Rounded Perspective
by <a href="https://instituteofreflection.com/author/joyphilippou/" target="_self">Joy Philippou MBE</a>

by Joy Philippou MBE

Dr Joy Philippou MBE in ‘Meditation Poems’ brings zest and a love of life to a modern way of quiet reflection, resolving what might seem this paradox in a way that is uniquely hers.
POEM

Divine Lover

Break down my private door
Before my Ego claims me.
Abduct me and set me free.
Sever the umbilical cord that binds me to your enemy in unholy wedlock.
Perform the rites of Divine Divorce.
Tear the bonds asunder which no God has put together.
When you ravish me, I shall regain my virginity.
For so many centuries have I struggled to reach you:
I’m stifled by effort,
Ambushed by emotions
And every tear contains the image of you.
I pine for the vital contact
As I sleep though borrowed lives cloaked in desire.
Break don my private door
Abduct and set me free