Saturday, December 2, 2006

On a Starful Night


On a starful night
with the chill of fall,
I ponder:

Your complexity,
my simplicity.
Your universality,
my singularity.

While searching,
thus, I find:

a poor child's extended belly
a homeless man's overflowing cart
a lonely addict's bruised arms
a terminal patient's sodden bed

It is as if
You are telling me

Look not to Thy vastness
but to Your compassion within
my heart.

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