for you have flooded my heart
with the light of your way,

and you have raised up in me
the Tree of Life.

You have shown me a secret Garden,
unseen within the seen.

Now am I joined soul and spirit 
present in your Presence ----

Your Presence that has waited long in me, 
Your Presence the true Tree of Life, 
planted in whatever this earth is, 
planted and rooted in the H heart emoticon art.

Your Presence all at once revealing Your Paradise
alive with every good green thing: 
grasses and trees, and the fruiting bounty, 
a world of flowers!

Each little flower speaks the truth: 
humility and joy, 
peace, oh peace! 
kindness, compassion, 
the turning of the soul,

and the flood of tears 
and the strange ecstasy
.... of those ... bathed in light. "

- Symeon the New Theologian heart emoticon
( Byzantine monk, poet )