Sail Away Sweet Sister

This is all about God, prayer, community, music, art, poetry, theology, love and all sorts of things people run into on their life journey, especially when the second half of life is looming ahead. It is inspired by Fr Richard Rohr, by the Contemplative Outreach of Fr Thomas Keating, by C.G. Jung, by C.S. Lewis, Alan Watts, St Beuno's retreat house and all the communities I have a privilege to belong to. It is dedicated to and I hope will be used by my nearest and dearest, scattered all over the planet, and who are falling upwards with me.

Monday, 9 July 2012

Thunderstorm


Si in te non essent, non essent!!
St Augustin

A stormy electric day. Swords clashing
in the stark darkness of our partial knowledge. 

Will against will
ignorance against ignorance
misunderstanding against misunderstanding.

Frightening shadows
fighting, in desperate fear
of their own distorted reflections 

until, exhausted, we lay aside
steel and determination,
willpower, and the itch to be right,

until we are weak enough
to cease to resist, 
to lie down in pain, and see 

That there is nothing to fight but love


1 comment:

  1. I found this poem very beautiful and very true, M. Should have noted it long ago rather than just thinking it... Very much wisdom to see that love is at the heart of it all. It just requires everyone to drop defences first and accept this fact - it is just that this just is a big just.

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