The long and winding road How long does it take? The way changes direction Am I lost? To move forward I must turn around Can I turn back? Absorb the kindness and listen When will I find the center? A measured response hears Can I stay? To walk the walk I must follow the way
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Redeemer (Psalm 88)
Our Mother, Queen of Heaven, hold me, day and night I feel like I am all alone. I pray that you will embrace me; please turn to me, listen to my cry. For my soul is full of trouble and my life is seemingly hopeless I am in the Pit; I have lost myContinue reading “Redeemer (Psalm 88)”
Q & A
The questions we ask make the answers we get. So, we must pay attention and listen first. Being ruled by the numbers, misses ourselves. Calculated assessment is meaningless Rain measured in volume and duration makes life an endless series of droughts and floods. Soaked by the rain and absorbing its wetness, be filled withContinue reading “Q & A”
Silence
Quietly wander without making noise, or in stillness embrace the emptiness. It takes skill to be heartily refreshed, listening is work done with a purpose, to communicate with silence opens me. In silence, we don’t take more than we need – being present can be a huge ordeal, being present can provide aContinue reading “Silence”
Word
To hear, I must listen, to listen, I must be all in. I labor to leave the womb, I suffer to heal the wound. As the cosmos is revolving, the word is evolving. With others, in gestation, I embrace the mutation. My time is not terminal. My space is real liminal. I liveContinue reading “Word”
Whisperer
The Wind whispers, sometimes softly, sometimes loudly. Sometimes she pushes me along. Sometimes she pushes me back. She caresses me with a a gentle warm breeze. She throttles me with a blustery cold gust. To hear her word, I must listen, for I know not from whence she came, or where sheContinue reading “Whisperer”
… with the Eyes of God
Seeing with the eyes of God, I peer through my own façade. Accepting my personal role, I wonder what does God see through the window of my soul. Listening without deflection, I shudder in realizing, I am divine reflection. The beauty of the flower is its awesome blossoming, standing tall in aContinue reading “… with the Eyes of God”
Grasp
I hold onto being held – let go without letting go. Happiness is within reach of open palm and spread arms A closed hand makes a clenched fist, which neither points or picks up An extended hand shares life – halving sorrows and doubling joy. Embrace the Force that’s with us – God’sContinue reading “Grasp”
Mercy
Mercy Sitting there in the Square ruined and disheveled, cloaked in drab failure, passers by pass by One stops and stoops and with extended hand says, “Tell me about it,” and sits to listen. “I took the coin and I ran, spending it all without care, and by myself, I was a winner. Now, lookContinue reading “Mercy”
Justice and Mercy
Justice speaks the truth Mercy hears the truth Justice is blind with his ears covered Mercy is shocked with her mouth covered Justice gives nothing and takes it all. Mercy has nothing to give and gives it all. Mercy listens with respect and convenes with a fiat Justice will not hear of it and adjournsContinue reading “Justice and Mercy”
