Wisdom

Photo: Red Rock Cliffs, courtesy of Sonja Bingen 

"She (Wisdom) is in all things like the air receiving the sunlight.  
In her they prosper.  In her they glorify God.  In her they rejoice 
to reflect Him.  In her they are united with him. " 
                                                                                       Thomas Merton

striated layers of time

rise sharply to the sky, 

and flatten out 

against anchoring blue

ages of rain and wind 

and pain. 

we are

the air receiving sunlight, 

shattering the long night

on smooth, warm stone

we are 

the morning joy

of earth, wisdom

of eternal

birth.