gold over blue
(Photos above from Pinterest)
there are levels of perfection we reach…
gold over blue, for example
there are places in life of high altitude…
this very moment, for example
there are spiritual depths within which we open…
reading your poetry, for example
there are moments of achievement we never get over…
that time we finally won in ping-pong against the current champ, for example
there are always new things to learn…
each day is full of ‘the next choice’, for example
there is more goodness and abundance in this world than any other thing…
your friendship, for example
everything is grace…
this yellow morning, for example
💛
Amy Lloyd
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a love note for you…
If you’ve got a minute
I know it’s unfashionable,
out of the box,
even disturbing at times
to admit
but,
I love that you pray;
that I know your children’s names,
the way you sweep leaves off the back step
every afternoon,
use the tall thin glass with the yellow swirls
put sea salts in the old claw footed tub
walk your gigantic dog in the evening.
I love that you trust me
that the Mystery makes you crazy mad
-and no one wants to be saved
they just want
to stand next to you
while Rome burns.
While Rumi pauses,
poets select
artists carve out
writer’s buy new pens,
things sparkle-
I love that
what seems destroyable
is non-destructible
and the first thought in your mind
when you open your eyes
is the sigh of
“Oh Most Holy God”
and the heart expands
bearing witness to
raising cane
walking down hospital halls
reading stories to toddlers
playing in a sandbox
trying on shoes, and you can’t stand trying on shoes;
reciting Hafiz while you walk in the woods.
making amends
humming something about dragonflies
and watering baby pine trees.
Refusing to walk
anything but
the call…
Thank you
for fighting the whole way
so I would call you,
Friend
some stories end
some go on
for all of
Eternity
💞
Beauty,
Rev. Donna Knutson
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