This Life

This Life  (9/2022)

A marvelous mystery

This life that I live.

But a breath and a tear.

But a moment, a sigh.

Surrounded by ancients

in silence so wise.

The oak and the quartz

Galapagos tortoise

Polaris and Gaia

Mycoplasmas, and others.

But my head is too busy

with words and with times,

I can’t hear the silence

won’t see the Divine.

Creation, with labor pains,

groans as I squander

this marvelous mystery,

this sacramental moment.

Eminent mystery 

Master of silence

Synchronize this heartbeat

To yours.