Cynosure - defined by Merriam-Websters dictionary as (1) the northern constellation Ursa Minor; also : North Star; (2) one that serves to direct or guide; (3) a center of attraction or attention.
ruach - Hebrew word usually translated as "breath" or "wind" or "spirit"; often used in Old Testament of the Spirit of God or the breath of life (i.e. Gen. 1:2, Gen. 2:7).
pneuma - Greek word usually translated "breath" or "wind" or "spirit"; often used in the New Testament of the Holy Spirit (i.e. John 14:17, 26).
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Mystic Utterance
by Jeff Lawrence
A hand
reaches,
stretches
upward &
open to the
high heavens
where it finds
no extension of
hand or even finger,
but waits for the alms
of aesthetic assurance that
the spirit-cradled yearning
has crossed the cosmic distance
between self and silent Cynosure
A tear
dies &
descends
to earth,
but is not
absorbed by
dry dirt, for
the ruach-breath
blows it on with
wild-haired wetness
of sourceless tributaries,
welling up with power,
running free and unkempt
to the baptism of the Mercy Sea
A soul
groans
& utters
a broken
longing that
is muttered in
flustered heart,
until it is infused
by mighty infinitude
of pneuma-powered life,
the symphony of rightness,
a magic melody crescendoing
into the majesty of spirit-sound,
finally exploding in the ear of God