A Song For Nobody

I'm preparing for our parish retreat looking at Thomas Merton's contemplative approach to nature. Here's one of the poems I'll be using, which I'll let speak for itself.

A Song For Nobody

A yellow flower
(Light and spirit)
Sings by itself
For nobody.

A golden spirit
(Light and emptiness)
Sings without a word
By itself.

Let no one touch this gentle sun
In whose dark eye
Someone is awake.

(No light, no gold, no name, no color
And no thought:
O, wide awake!)

A golden heaven
Sings by itself
A song to nobody.