Friday, September 3, 2010

Not What I Thought



El Santuario de Chimayo, the Lourdes of America
Chimayo, NM- June 6, 2010




I've been thinking I that I had imprisoned love--
in
my
heart.  


But I am now not so sure.
It seems to come and go as it pleases.


So maybe I have not given love enough space- 
Does love need air?

Love sneaks in 
and out 
of my heart.

I have seen it.
I watch it-
-warily-
out of the corner of my eye-


All the while I know
love, kindness, and compassion
are to be embraced joyfully-
and
It is my careful and measured reactions 
that spill positive energy  away from me.

I step back from myself.
 The walls become 
crumbling blocks. 
 And a door covered in roses,
  God left open just for me.


It has always been open. 





2 comments:

  1. How often do we miss what has been there all along? Exquisite photograph.

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  2. Thanks so much Sharon-I am pretty sure my left brain (which is always fretting) is just afraid of what my right brain sees.

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