Chelan Harkin: God Did It

Deepest bow of gratitude, love, and appreciation for Chelan Harkin and all that flows through her ― which she offers to us individually and collectively. I have all three of her poetry books. Highly recommended. And now I have preordered and eagerly await the publication of her forth book. My husband and I also often read one or two of Chelan's poems together, sometimes daily. We read God Did It this morning. And loved it. 

I believe that Chelan Harkin's depth of consciousness and love, her journey of deep struggle and healing and awakening, the ways that she illuminates and challenges the great longtime harms and illusions of the status quo, and her wisdom and vision for a transformed world is a gift to us all. 💗

Blessed be. 🙏 Molly

Photo by Molly

GOD DID IT

The light of God

is the only revolutionary.

It's the light in each other

that's been too bright to see.

To look at it directly

would burn down

our separation.

It's the light

that overthrows

hierarchy.

It tosses our small identity

into the sea that cannot be separated

from all.

As Her revolution builds

in our hearts,

humanity evolves.

She is the Great Subversive One

who will speak up

for that which is true

even amidst those armed

with the harshest dedication

to falsehoods.

She is the lead abolitionist.

She is at the front

of feminist marches,

She is the origin of any cause

that brings consciousness

forward.

If any religious dogmatists

or puffed-up men

get mad at me

for the great mercy

of my disruptive poetry―

She has told me

to use Her

as my scapegoat.

So I look at them

unflinchingly

with a wry smile

and say,

"Don't blame me.

God did it."

― Chelan Harkin

From Wild Grace