Annunciation – Dec. 23, 2020
She did not cry, ‘I cannot, I am not worthy,’nor, ‘I have not the strength.’She did not submit with gritted teeth, raging coerced.Bravest of all humans, consent illumined her.The room filled with its light,the lily glowed in it, and the iridescent wings.Consent, courage unparalleled,opened her utterly. -Denise Levertov, from “Annunciation”
A Shared Grain of Hope – July 29, 2020
I have a small grain of hope—one small crystal that gleamsclear colors out of transparency. I need more. I break off a fragment to send you. Please takethis grain of a grain of hopeso that mine won’t shrink. Please share your fragmentso that yours will grow. Only so, by division,will hope increase, like a clump […]
A Gift – May 10, 2019
Just when you seem to yourselfnothing but a flimsy webof questions, you are giventhe questions of others to holdin the emptiness of your hands,songbird eggs that can still hatchif you keep them warm,butterflies opening and closing themselvesin your cupped palms, trusting you not to injuretheir scintillant fur, their dust.You are given the questions of othersas […]
