I am continuing to ponder the thought
of the distinction between
following an external law
and action freely determined
by love.

I was wondering what the word
for the latter might be.

I am told it is grace.

That seems to ring true.

I’m reminded of the way
Jeff Buckley spoke of grace,
both in his album
and his interviews.

Who can say of her or himself
that she or he lives by grace?—
That external laws are no longer necessary?

Perhaps that is not the question,
so much as:
Who has ever felt they have acted
out of a kind of spiritual love?
Out of true freedom?
Or been inspired by the spirit of the Earth,
or of humanity?
Or experienced others doing the same?

Might not the question then be:
How can we shorten the distances
between these moments
of grace?

Might that not be a kind of devotion…
to one another,
to the Earth,
to everything on it?