Poems – Page 61 – Generous Wisdom

God’s Music

“Each one of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear.” ~Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

God’s Music

I pour milk
into cereal bowls,
wipe tears,
play cards

I pour water
into small glasses,
wipe the table,
play games

I wrap blankets
around little ones
shivering cold
from the bath

I wrap prayers
around hearts
shivering cold
at day’s end.

It’s time
to know our own needs
and know the needs
of each other.

It’s time
to pour, wipe, play,
and wrap,
to make music, to give back.

“My brothers, you will always have your trials but, when they come, try to treat them as a happy privilege; you understand that your faith is only put to the test to make you patient, but patience too is to have its practical results so that you will become fully-developed, complete, with nothing missing.” ~James 1:2-4

Learning the unseen

Learning the unseen
is scaling mountains

without ropes or harness.

Climbing toward love’s peak,
rocks clacking over rock,

I slip.

Peering skyward from the ground,
wondering what is beyond the clouds

my hands set back on the rock.

mercy wears a white onesie

“The words of Jesus, ‘Love one another as I have loved you,’ must be not only a light for us but a flame that consumes the self in us. Love, in order to survive, must be nourished by sacrifices, especially the sacrifice of self.” ~Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

mercy wears a white onesie

My yoga mat fits
perfectly beneath our crucifix

where I lie down in corpse pose
and am reminded of mercy.

Tonight my corpse-pose-prayers are convoluted –
tsunami waves and whirlpools –

but now my little one thwacks his two pudgy hands
onto my pudgy belly and crawls toward my chest

looking for my eyes,
he searches my neck and chin

until I lift my head
and bring my face close to his;

we are belly to belly,
nose to nose in love.

Tonight my corpse-pose-prayers are convoluted –
tsunami waves and whirlpools;

but now I climb gladly from the mat
for easy prayers and rubs and sleep

for tonight my mercy wears white.