The Calling Is To Love

~ A crowd Of the flowering Of humankind ~ In ugliness And beauty Descended from above ~ And the calling Made to all Was to love. ~ Image by TheOtherKev from Pixabay

New Ways To Be Self-Kind

Music it was That first moved me Out of self By notes of beauty Then poetry Began to creep Through the soul By words That lingered Deep within the mind Maybe now I can find In my ancient angels New ways To be self-kind. Image by enriquelopezgarre from Pixabay

A Beauty Grows In Time

~ In the cloud above all earthly things ~ Leaving nature far behind ~ Conversing with the divine ~ And a beauty grows in time. ~

The Crystal Castle of the Soul

The soul is a castle Made of shining crystal Where there are many rooms And God delights To dwell in this paradise Whose beauty is beyond All comprehension And no matter how sophisticated The mind We hardly apprehend This crystal-castle image Of sacredness Soul and of God. ~ Inspired by St. Teresa of Avila

The Joyful Way

Make your own Sunshine weather . Though skies Are glooming grey . And your heart Is downturning . And you feel You’ve lost your way . Make your own Sunshine weather . At the cradle Of the day . And grow in grace And beauty . As you go The joyful way. .

Sing a Song of Gratitude

Sing a song Of gratitude A soul Full of grace Let your heart Be jubilant At the dawning Of the day For knowing Seeing beauty Understanding God’s ways Let us sing A song of gratitude At the dawning Of all days. ~

I Consecrate This Day’s Long Hours

In Times of Crisis #1 I consecrate This day’s long hours In prayer And contemplation May I be sustained By beauty Truth And grace And loving Determination. ~ I wrote this sequence in the UK's period of lockdown when the coronavirus pandemic was at its height. Now in September 2022, I am self-isolating, so decided …

Connect

A secular world Suffocated ~ The spiritual longings Of generations ~ Who felt tanscendence Who knew beauty ~ But how could they connect Without a God ~ And a community Of others who believed ~ Governed by Grace? ~

Emerging from Darkness

There emerged From the darkness ~ Those who knew Good and evil ~ Time future Time past ~ With capacity To destroy ~ And create Things of beauty ~ And love That might last. ~

Connection with the Cosmos

How to transcend The barrier ~ Dividing Our humanity ~ From nature’s Mysteries? ~ Our senses cry out For water and air ~ We long to stare At distance and beauty ~ And what do we accomplish As we move into maturity? ~ Our connection With the cosmos ~ Now And for eternity. ~