This is one I found a few weeks ago in my nightly readings of Whyte among others.

It doesn't interest me if there is one God or many gods.
I want to know if you belong or feel abandoned,
if you can know despair or see it in others.
I want to know
if you are prepared to live in the world
with its harsh need
to change you. If you can look back
with firm eyes
saying this is where I stand. I want to know
if you know
how to melt into that fierce of living,
falling forward
the center of your longing. I want to know
if you are willing
to live, day by day, with the consequence of love
and the bitter
unwanted passion of your sure defeat.

I have heard, in that fierce embrace, even
the gods speak of God.

One of my favorites, Vonda.

Thank you!