Dearly Beloved,
Grace and Peace to you.
We don’t go
behind the curtain
that is this world,
in front of which
things are what they say
and as they appear,
a bird is a bird, a flower a flower,
but behind which,
really,
the smallest flower is the sun,
and a bird is a prayer,
the language of your deepest longings,
something in you that has traveled far
and returned,
someone smaller than the wind
but free in it,
hope with a sense of geography,
a song that lays eggs,
a gesture of praise with children,
your death, singing above you,
branch to branch….
We don’t go because
just as easily as we could become
the graceful swan
we could also become pure flame
and disappear
or the wren outside your window
looking in.
Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
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