By Mike Soika

God is a dyer, dipping every
Essence of the cosmos into
Vats of luminous colors.
A work so delicate, as to be forgotten.

Am I a woven white cloth turned purple,
Or am I a purple cloth, now 
So purely absorbed
That the color and the cloth are one?

Once, before time, there was
No cloth, but only an enduring color, 
Lovingly waiting 
To shine forth its hue.

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(Inspired by the Gospel of Philip – The Nag Hammadi Library (gnosis.org)

“God is a dyer. As the good dyes, which are called “true”, dissolve with the things dyed in them, so it is with those whom God has dyed. Since his dyes are immortal, they become immortal by means of his colors. Now God dips what he dips in water”