Yours are the heavens and yours is the earth,
you set firm the globe and all it contains.
Psalm 88
As if the clouds were not content to be
the nebulous shook over us--
violet wings soft fleeting--
the grey-thin skin over the blue body of sky.
As if they wanted to be
the soft hands over the world
touching the boundaries of things:
the edges of the myriad
leaves and soft palms of wildflowers
the fields are lifting
above the bent blades of grass,
the delicate root-hairs,
my looking up
as if blind
and feeling the rain
touching
for the first time.
Cynthia this is so beautiful!!! What an image this conjures!
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DeleteHearing your bell tinkle, I came here yesterday, Cynthia. I came with an ache in my heart. I saw your clouds and your rain through a thick glass, and longed for the wet to douse the flames within me. Then, a little thing happened. Short hours later, at the end of my Rosary, the rain finally came, a soft, shimmering curtain, falling in a sprinkle. I went to bed, asking Jesus to forgive me my sins. I have wakened today, not happy and soaring as usual but the rain has put out the fire. Like you, I can finally feel the rain, touch it for the first time....
ReplyDeleteThank you for your always poetic and insightful replies. May your heart be filled with light and rain!!!
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