If we look closely
Amidst dry, lifeless clutter
As our life seems, sometimes
Or often
Can be found
Breathtaking beauty
Hope
Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
If we look closely
September 18, 2014Everything will be okay
September 14, 2014I wish, somehow, there was a way to put up sandbags against today’s flood of sadness
But through God’s grace, I know things will get better
Patience
Acceptance
Finding sustenance for my spiritual roots
To not get pulled down, dragged down, diminished by the careless behavior of others
My best friend is with me
Everything will be okay
We’ll get through this
Gentleness, kindness, understanding and forgiveness will prevail
Surrendering to the power of Wisdom
Perhaps letting go
A Cabin Breakfast
July 27, 2014—∞—
Throwing a patternA window-paned pattern
For sixty years
The sun has been invited in
By the yellow Cosco table
Brightening a cabin breakfast
© 2014 Thomas W. Cummins
Beckoning Call
May 26, 2014—∞—
A dog is barkingIt’s late
That distant sound
Pulling
Tugging
At a loose thread
A fragment
Of memory Memory of what?
I’m not certain
Was it in a play
On some long-ago stage?
A movie?
Or heard from the window sill
Of my childhood bedroom
On a hot summer night? Hearing that faraway call
Pulls at me
Each time
Every time
What is the meaning? Why am I drawn?
Perhaps it’s because
It always beckons from beyond the current situation
From beyond myself
© 2014 Thomas W. Cummins
Lingering Grief
March 27, 2014—∞—
Water calm, still Sky clear, cloudless Then A Wave Suddenly Comes Ashore Briefly disturbing what lies there … then Slowly recedes, slowly recedes Water calm, still Sky clear, cloudless© 2014 Thomas W. Cummins
Just step back
March 21, 2014Sometimes as the storm rages about us, it is necessary to step back … and wait … and content ourselves with just being a lightning rod. And to remember that the lightning rod isn’t causing the lightning, nor the lightning the storm.
So one waits for a pause, for a patch of clear sky to appear, a glimpse of the sun obscured for so long.
In a dim light... 
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