Poetry communicates more with less, searching our hearts (Romans 8:26-27)

Yesterday I started the prayer course by Pete Greig at work (SALT). First he said everyone prays naturally. To pray is to be human. He said prayer is the humble reaction to the realization that we are alive. He had this wonderful illustration of humans praying to God, like his son drawing a mess with color crayons and saying "daddy read." So being a good dad, he'd look at his son's face and know what he was trying to communicate. In relationship. 

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. - Romans 8:26-27

Being Human by Naima is a wonderful play on words, climbing poet-tree. I like this thought

I wonder if waves get discouraged
crawling up the sand
only to be pulled back again
to where they began

if land feels stepped upon
if sand feels insignificant
if trees need to question their lovers
to know where they stand

if branches waver at the crossroads
unsure of which way to grow
if the leaves understand they’re replaceable
and still dance when the wind blows

Years ago, I read a book by C.S.Lewis on the Psalms, he reminded me that Hebrew poetry is allegorical therefore translate into every language without loosing it's meaning. For example Psalm 1:

 Blessed is the one

    who does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand in the way that sinners take

    or sit in the company of mockers,

but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,

    and who meditates on his law day and night.

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,

    which yields its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither—

    whatever they do prospers. - Psalm 1:1-3