Because We Are Loved

Photo Brian Federle, San Francisco, 2008

“...we come into being because we are loved and because we are meant to love others.”

Thomas Merton, Honorable Reader: Reflections on My Work

Deep inside

my silent room,

I gaze

at nothing,

as beyond the door

in trees glowing,

green and glistening,

birds sing, spring-

mad, mated,

passion-played!

The sun’s rising,

cradling

Your risen

world,

and so I emerge. 

(2012, 2017)