A reflection from a spiritual retreat.
floating
numb
through a racing world
fumbling
stumbling
to restful
garden
take a breath
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waiting
waiting
for
something to break
perhaps
in me
perhaps
the world
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lilies yawn
birds pass
soft breeze
through the grass
unnamed
sorrows
drifting heart
shattered will
scattered parts
offered hand
soul’s edge
peer deep
from the ledge
imagine
what is lurking there
down in the dredges of my heart
down
where the dragons dwell
hold back
deep breath
Trust Me.
take a step
plunge in
held tight
down through
feared sights:
broken wings
unmet needs
twisted words
failed seeds
deeper
still:
swallowed
lies
wounded heart
Babel’s bricks
buried thoughts
and underneath?
on down
clench tight
dread throbs
against the night
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But there my
eyes
are opened wide—
not to darkness,
but to light:
a forest deeper than my dreams.
There You introduce to me
my truest
self,
the one you see—
the me You
knitted in the womb,
the person You have cleansed
and freed.
No dredges
of the heart are these—
no demons’ lair,
but Christ in me.
In these
depths
is glory hid;
no place to fear—
a place to live!
Christ in you, the hope of glory! Hallelujah!
Amen!
Thought provoking and beautiful
Thanks, Diane!
Wow, one of my faves! ❤️
Thanks, Billy!