Help for Remembering

Another ending delivers me back

Into the wide open field of liminal space

A silence of unknowing

A fullness of emptiness

that denies my bearings

And invites a new listening through rest

But worry crawls out of hiding

Seeps into my body

Disturbs my mind

As fear swarms and stings

Bringing me, once again

To my knees

Questions scream their impatient pleas

Please talk to me

Please

I can bear it no more

I’m harried, I’m weary

I’m out of fight

So I hold them

As they invade my heart

Imposing the gross

To drown out the subtle

In an attempt to restore

Their idea of safe, solid ground

I’m harried, I’m weary

I'm out of fight

So I reach for the only true prayer I have

Help

Help

Help

Within minutes you came

Perched on the door

As if knocking to be let in

Regal in your poise

Patient in your presence

Generous in your gift

Gently affirming

“this is your true path

It is all part of the way

And you are never alone”

You let me capture the moment

Lest I forget

That I am magically held

And lovingly seen

The pleas of my voice

Will always be heard

Hands in prayer, bowed in thanks

You took to wing and flew away

But I will remember.

9th Oct