Sunday, August 22, 2010

Putting it all in perspective.

A dear young gal, an angel in this world, is gravely ill.  Waiting to hear about transplants and about other conditions getting worse.  For an such a young angel to experience hell, is just not right.
Not too many seasons ago I was able to go back and visit my Mom before she past away.  She was only partly in this world and it started me thinking about this march of time we call a life and how the days march on no matter what we do.  My Mom at the end of her life is December Girl.
Others are represented by their location in the year.  This angel is represented as youth facing October.  It’s been a couple years since I wrote this, and her time has moved deeply into winter.  There is hope that she will be able reverse the timeline and through the miracle of today’s medicine to recapture much that has rushed by.
This makes my present problems seem so trite in comparison.
Trish we are praying for you.  May God’s will be done.
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December Girl

Coming home to a winter wonderland,
Approaching the fall
    Or does it just seem that way?
    Midsummer is more accurate
    The chatter in my mind errors to later seasons
        Building ladders of evidence in support
Others (closer to the new year than to spring) party in not knowing
    How Old? Two and three quarters—full of joy for the new day
    Full of the unbridled Way
Martyrs in front have shown their Way
    Least resistance or inevitable outcome?
    Such a fool—thinking was on the different Way
Feeling the piercing gazes of those behind
    Break the mold completely
        No, August always follows July.
    Forge another Way,
    Seeds planted earlier bear fruit latter on.
        Wisdom from those ahead,
            Love for those behind,
                 Presence within the now
        Young ones approaching October are hard to bear
            We experience the weariness of the autumn leaves
                Mine earned
                     Theirs incomprehensible
December girl flies all day unencumbered
    But a couple toes remain in the stream of this world
    Gone is the need for sustenance and presence.
     Now has been over taken by the all at once.
Lessons from December girl—season of the big birth.

From Musings of a Deaf Mute©

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