"Joy" by Tiona Cage
Enter into a poetic exploration of Joy with Tiona Cage..
Keep me fully glad...
by Rabindranath Tagore
Keep me fully glad with nothing.
Only take my hand in your hand.
In the gloom of the deepening night take up my heart
and play with it as you list.
Bind me close to you with nothing.
I will spread myself out at your feet and lie still.
Under this clouded sky I will meet silence with silence.
I will become one with the night
clasping the earth in my breast.
Make my life glad with nothing.
The rains sweep the sky from end to end.
Jasmines in the wet untamable wind
revel in their own perfume.
The cloud-hidden stars thrill in secret.
Let me fill to the full my heart
with nothing but my own depth of joy.
by Rabindranath Tagore
Keep me fully glad with nothing.
Only take my hand in your hand.
In the gloom of the deepening night take up my heart
and play with it as you list.
Bind me close to you with nothing.
I will spread myself out at your feet and lie still.
Under this clouded sky I will meet silence with silence.
I will become one with the night
clasping the earth in my breast.
Make my life glad with nothing.
The rains sweep the sky from end to end.
Jasmines in the wet untamable wind
revel in their own perfume.
The cloud-hidden stars thrill in secret.
Let me fill to the full my heart
with nothing but my own depth of joy.
About the Facilitator
Tiona Cage, MSW
Tiona works as an administrator at a Portland, Oregon, education non-profit, devoted to using theatre and story to depolarize communities and create healthier ways of engaging difficult societal issues. Tiona is passionate about exploring the intersection of faith, fear, and identity. With a background in international education and community development, she works to support members of the church and wider community in increasing self-awareness and in learning how to more fully hear God and honor the image of God in self and others.
Tiona works as an administrator at a Portland, Oregon, education non-profit, devoted to using theatre and story to depolarize communities and create healthier ways of engaging difficult societal issues. Tiona is passionate about exploring the intersection of faith, fear, and identity. With a background in international education and community development, she works to support members of the church and wider community in increasing self-awareness and in learning how to more fully hear God and honor the image of God in self and others.
