Debate

The man of science said
that in the beginning
there was nothing,
when
obeying some quantum urge,
suddenly everything
emerged..

and that was all.. .

that was just
the way it happened... no need
for God...just cold, hard
cosmic law.

But the poet,
hearing his breath
rush deep within his lungs,
feeling his heart pound in anticipation,
says to his beloved,

“Ha! I found You!”

(24 April 2014)

They Seek You in the Storm

They seek you in the storm

riding high above the lightning, striking

the yielding earth with your fire.

In fields of the dead; in

seeds flung deep -

the generations unknown,

they seek you

in the stars

coldly staring,

your imagined face

in the emptiness of

interstellar

space.

But I know you. 

Lurking

in my lonely night,

alone, I seek.

(31 March 2014; 8 Dec 2016)

terminator

In Memoriam John Glenn: July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016

Thin line of night, 

edge of living light,

inevitable

as God's mighty hand, 

wipes clean 

this dirty slate

to begin again

a clear, new day.

**

New Year's Eve, 12/31/2011

grace

Hail Mary

full of grace

you are

filled with grace,

with grace

fill me

in streams

of yes

draw me

to where you are

to where He is

among wo-

men,

yes,

among men

blessed

fruitful, grace-

fully gliding

through the

dark veil

at the hour

of yes

to my

death,

amen.

(29 December 2012)

Life...by itself

“Life…by itself has neither purpose nor fulfillment.“ Thomas Merton

Fill my day
with soft breezes.

I hear the birds call;
singing bees
swarm
with the pleasure
of the sting.

Oh! Let me breathe deeply
the innocent air!

Minute by minute
force my life
through thin membranes,

for in the end
sleep will lead me
to bright seas, dreams
of fading mist;

then
fill it full
with your love!

(28 July 2013)