What is That Love

What is that love when I love you, my God? 
It is a certain light that I love 
and melody and fragrance and embrace 
that I love when I love you--
a light, melody, fragrance, food, 
embrace of the God-within, 
where, for my soul, 
that shines which space does not contain; 
that sounds which time does not sweep away; 
that is fragrant which the breeze does not dispel; 
and that tastes sweet which, fed upon, is not diminished; 
and that clings close which no satiety disparts--
that is what I love when I love you, my God. 

(from The Confessions of St. Augustine, slightly reworded; photo by Augustine Wong via unsplash.com)

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