Gratitude
Greatful as a grapefruit
Thick skinned and bittersweet
Puckered lips, squinched face
chewy and hard to swallow
And the surprise at the realization
Widened eyes, that my thank yous hallow
Everything in life hard won, hard earned
I saw no god in that, but myself
Greatful as a...
Vision of God in all things
Greatful as a...
Memory to hold on to
And gratitude
Oh humbling gratitude
I am not alone
Never alone even when light
Is forced in through the cracks
We are all still works of art in progress.
About Me
- jsd
- Is realizing that for herself it's not about finding God, it's about being with God, and that you can't be a Christian by yourself.
Followers
Visiting
- Chrysalis Dreams
- Bones of the Sky
- Anne Evolves
- Murat11
- Our Simple Gifts
- A Life with a View
- The Gift Finally Given
- Beauty Tips for Ministers
- Inch at a Time
- Telling Secrets
- Preludium
- Episcopal Chaplain at the Bedside
- UCAON
- Un-Closeted Pastor
- Seeking to Build a Bridge
- Dirty Sexy Ministry
- The Real Gay Agenda
- Time To Embrace
- Born This Way
- Aidans Comfortable Collars
- Piaggio
- Bad Vestments
- Polish Food Recipes
- Janine at Yale
- LM Gets Crafty
- I'm Just Walking
- The Ultimate Word
- Geek Priest
- Storycorps
- Magdalene's Musings
- Charter for Compassion
- Rev. Dr. Paul Smith
- Rev Gal Pals
- One Step Closer
- Chicago Consultation
- Tina Karagulian
- Homesick Texan
- Gina's Weight Watcher's Recipes
- Irenic Thoughts
- bowing to mystery
- Green Mountain Daily
- Human Rights Campaign
- Rickety Contrivances of Doing Good
Communion
- The U.S. Eposcopal Church
- Episcopal Women Caucus
- Integrity
- Walking With Integrity
- WomenSpirit
- Episcopal Urban Causus
- Whosoever
- The Earth Charter
- Anglican Environmental Network
- Beyond Inclusion
- Daily Episcopalian
- episcope
- Times Online - Faith
- TECtube
- Ember Days
- Church of Reconciliation
- Seminary of the Southwest
- Virginia Theological Seminary
- The Episopal Diocese of Vermont
- Bhutanese Association
- St. Benedict Monastery - MI
- Monastic and Liturgical
- Diocese of Fort Worth
- Diocese of Minnesota
- Global Good
- Thinking Anglicans
- Anglicans Online
- World Prayers
- Friends of Jake
- Of Course I Could Be Wrong
- The Ultimate Word
- Experimental Theology
Emergent
- ethos
- Around One Table
- Onehandclapping
- Nepali Food
- I am an Episcopalian
- St. Gregory of Nyssa
- ethos
- Making Disciples
- Gathering In Light
- Ian Mobsby
- Fresh Expressions
- Emergent Village
- Emerging Church Info
- Moot
- Anglimergent
- Sarcastic Lutheran
- Thunderstruckers
- Protclesia
- GraceNet
- Brian D. McLaren
- ReJesus
- The Church of England
- Radical Welcome
- The Girl Effect
- Real Live Preacher
- Becky Garrison
- Diana Butler Bass
- Phyliss Tickle
- Renz In The Woods
- Fallen and Flawed
Good Reads
Reference
4 comments:
Great poem, JS! I actually had to look up "hallow" before I got the full meaning. Before that it seemed more a play on words which I think it still is in many ways and a very clever one at that. Understanding that one word though is a pivotal point in understanding the poem. It changes the entire tone of it. People could do essays on interpreting this one. Do you see this as more of a poem? or prayer?
Peace and Joy!
Thank You Lee!! Hallow came deep from the unconscious, cause I'm not certain if I was thinking hallow or hollow.
It's something I've been thinking about, gratitude, for the last couple of months per a SD discussion, where her reaction to something I said caught me off guard and has had me thinking since.
I wrote it too capture my thoughts from this mornings drive to work; though where grapefruit came from is beyond me. The last few lines are influenced from reading something in an Anne Lamott book last night.
Sometimes and a lot of times I suppose my poems are prayers, sometimes lament, sometimes joy, sometimes anger, sometimes plain silly but then aren't we all.
Very fine poem, especially those last three lines of the second stanza.
"I saw no god in that, but myself..." If I catch your meaning, quite often my "sin" of omission: omitting god in the details, allowing them in only in the Grand Scheme: well now, what isn't grand, eh?
murat11: Thank you...and yes, your comment is quite accurrate. It took me aback when I realized that when it comes to God, I'm not good at saying thank you, except in hindsight. I've had much to think about lately, and luckily God never leaves us, cause I know I haven't been a good partner these many years.
Post a Comment