Thursday, February 21, 2013

Hope and Help

Irresolute I find myself
Wandering between love of earth
And of Heaven.
Focused on one, but forgetting
The other.
Focused on the other, and forgetting
The One.
How do I find contentment in both?

Earth, in all its verdant beauty, beckons
Me to dig in and accept her for all her faults
And adventures. But my heart gets caught in
The rain and I run for shelter.

The shelter I find in visions of Heaven
Where neither moth nor rust can
Destroy friendships or treasures. Resolute  
To stay in the shelter, I’m called back.

Called back to love the Earth and my fellow
Creatures, cultivating fields of rock and rich
Soil. Opening my soul to the refinement that
Will take place in those fields. Looking
Toward the Creator of Heaven, and clinging
To the Anchor of my soul; my feet digging into
Earthy dust while my eyes look to the
Heavens, where Hope and Help come forth.

4 comments:

amusingt said...

Brilliant

Gary said...

Well put, dear; we are blessed to be well-spoken; and trenchant.

kmac said...

My well spoken moments are few and far between...

Unknown said...

This. Is.

Lovely.


(like you)