A day with a mother turning eighty, Poor Clare partaking,
A visit to a father’s crematoria remains, a marker proclaiming a life lived,
Father, daily prayers, Communion receiving, pleading eternal peace, supplicating, I love you, thank you,
The story is written, done, an ending in place, struggle within goodness, in memory a happy childhood remains, Lord have mercy,
No longer feeding amongst the swine upon the husks,
I love you, Mother and Father, imperfections apart, sustaining a vestige, charity a reality, a vanishing point, breathing in and out, remnant ,cleansing debris,
Pentecost, fifty plus years, no longer young, being prodigal commenced, relate accountability,
Tired, yet hopeful, faithfulness and loving; cross-eyed and painful, modest, prayerful, silent, still, and dumbfounded,
Wisdom the game for the aging, contemplation the aim for the taking,
No arguments made, immaturity disdained, Holy Spirit, I know your unnamed, most mysterious One, noncomprehending, understanding, a constant refrain, continual, gradual interest attain,
A dove within fire, en fuego, in silence, presence alone, growth and surmounting, water and anointing, becoming undone, a cloud of unknowing,
Gifts providing, capable to succor, virtue rendering fruit, breathe a new man, wisdom, infusion, a heart beat surrender,
Patience Holy Mother retain, moving closer to your embrace, death a day nearer, your Son allows an efface, dismantle in honesty, knowing to negate, your mantle shelters, a light finger portends, a hand gestures reconciliation,
I have always been, will always be, eternally begotten, forgiven, wounded I remain, thoughts hard and heavy, now generosity, a mystery contains, purgatory pertains,
Andre arrives, babbling sweet nothings, grinning and greeting, working on two, a toddler willing and wanting, determined to speak, unable to pronounce, gentleness befits,
His mother behind, a niece morbidly obese, flawed self-control, fueled upon fear, sorrow and shame, hurting inside, psyche amiss, joy annihilation, generational defeat, guilt, a black father unknown, disappeared upon birth,
Put the poem away, cleverness dismiss, self-absorption scorn, Andre desires a playmate, a red wagon he drags, his cargo he tows, a plastic bat, a ball, a tiny glove, he holds out his hand,
Above the Holy Spirit watching awaits,
Jesus, the Son, Savior, merciful and kind, loving allows,
God, the Father, I dare not to be so bold, grateful, touched by creation, thank You, I adore.
Andre close to trouble
