always a way forward:
Whenever I’m dragging and my soul is in anguish, I read Psalms and find new strength and a path forward. So great is the darkness around us, it often eclipses our soul’s ability to cope. But whenever we read Psalms, we have that comfort of knowing, is not a new phenomenon. And with God’s Spirit, there is always a way forward. As so many before us have found.
Sometimes yes - sometimes no: Sometimes the second time around is the best time around, if it isn’t a second reunion to disaster. Which is why some things end on the first go around. But that said, sometimes we just have an addiction to the wrong person – who doesn’t quite have the right frequency for our soul’s happiness.
Thank you for your comment: Thank you for your comment and the very fine compliments. A comment from you is always a personal thrill of the finest order; and then when you mention the name of Virgil, that just raises my joy exponentially. I thank you, more than my mere words indicate, for selecting this particular poem for your comment.
So much Light and compassion: So much Light and compassion breathes in, out and through each regal, heartfelt prayer that I believe they are, absolutely, Divine, and you, with humility, were a willing vessel. And that's no small honor! Weren't many great poets like William Blake , Henry Thoreau and others going back to Virgil and Homer, sometimes couriers for Ultimate Reality?
I am so deeply moved on a very personal level by these gleaming, most healing, special deliveries. Thank you for being an open vessel bearing precious gifts. God bless.
I have just one criticism: : I have just one criticism: this poem is so moving, that I could only wish it was much longer. But, more seriously, you have encapsulated the saint's story in a way that moves briskly, yet profoundly. You should be very, very (and if I may say so, very) pleased with this literary accomplishment.
Thank you. The cause of the: Thank you. The cause of the poem was a statement that art must occur "naturally," that it cannot be planned but must have an almost vegetal growth and expansion. Yet, the growth and expansion demonstrated by vegetal life is very accurately controlled---as to shape, function, purpose---by inherited genetic material. In that way, a cabbage will always be a cabbage, and will not mutate into a sunflower or a hermit crab.