Monday, October 3, 2022

Excerpt from “Voices of Belonging”


“She binds the world’s innermost core together,

sees all its workings and its seeds,

deals no more in words’ empty deeds…”


No cool philosopher, he,

But speaks his mind:

“What made it such an enriching experience?

discussing this subject with her—?

it had to be, the commonality…

the single most important feeling of 

LOVE… 


….the solution to all life’s problems..

she proved love resides in the human heart…!


There is one word that describes her: all-embracing!


She not only teaches in a priestly way…but 

having taught..…loves…


and what more could one want?

Her air, her aspect, her look

could change a cynic !!”


She asks herself:”What connects 

the stars?”


He continues: “She inspires—the essence 

of her teaching is friendship!

Her thought—based on the ideas that sustain—

would have peoples and nations

and universes

move in harmony—“


She responds, “Do not assume too much: I  

always will be true to myself. 

You must neither expect 

nor exact anything inhumane of me—

for you will not get it, 

any more than I freely give.”


He says, “Every atom 

of her is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be so!


So let me sing:

‘Her coming was my hope each day,

Her parting was my pain;

The chance that did her steps delay

Was ice in every vein.’ “