eyes – MaddogPoetry

Cleansing Lenses

Before I put my glasses on… I wipe them with a special cloth that frees them of specks. I am now ready for what’s ahead, prepared for the epiphanies and aware of possibilities. My glasses shield the windows of my soul, protecting and obfuscating what I see and how I am seen. How I seeContinue reading “Cleansing Lenses”

Splinter

“How can you look at the splinter in another’s eye, yet miss the plank in your own? [1] It might not be a plank but it’s at least a splinter in my eye. I have learned, as others try to dislodge the splinter or plank, that listening is the best remedy. Hearing with my earsContinue reading “Splinter”

God’s Sadness

The tears God sheds are real and in harmony with creation. God’s gloom is not our doom, nor does it lessen her love for us, all of us, regardless of awareness. God’s grief is not fear of failure, She does not ache from envy, and does not compete with us. God’s anguish gives witness, SheContinue reading “God’s Sadness”