God Wave

God Wave

I wish to well up with emotion
Like a great wave
Which leaves my heart in awe,
Which overtakes my senses
With the bliss of helpless wonder.

I wish to rain tears of joy
From that God wave.
I wish waves and tears to drop gently
On a cold world
And all of the remaining
Cold and deadened hearts
That live so lonely here!

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My Tiny Last Steps

My Tiny Last Steps

I don’t know what I think of the fear.
I have always felt comfortable
near the edge of “doin right”.

The end of life got my father
15 years earlier than I am.
I have watched the vibrant,
the loving
and the so much alive
pass in the blink of an eye.

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Let Me Kiss Your Tears

Let Me Kiss Your Tears

Let me kiss your tears
Salty as the endless sea
Let me drink your sadness
To make room for
Your future gladness

I only know your heart
Because I love you so
I have seen it brim
With laughter
Glow with joy
Stunned by a new life
In your arms

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I was brought up in a staunch religious world being taught that my religion was the best one, the true one. I was brought close to the altar serving Mass at the age of 5 or 6. I memorized Latin. The first two words | learned in Latin were. “Ad Deum” or ” To God Who is hey joy of my youth”. Ad Deum qui laetificat, juventutem meam, meaning “To God Who is the joy of my youth”. That was many years ago. Since then, my life has been indelibly affected by “the church”. For years, I hardly asked questions about what it all meant. It was so illustrious and mysterious to me that I just followed.