In uncertain times

 

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Each of us is the center of God’s universe
as it flows outward.  How can we learn that? 
I look into the center of a Queen Ann’s Lace,
picture myself unfurling its petals all
at once, but they’re too still, too evenly spaced.
 
Imagining living in love’s center
is dizzying—but to actually be there—
What could that be like?  Could we bargain for
the experience?  Buy a ticket at
a road show for the ultimate ride??
 
And find ourselves later alone in the dark
of an empty road, dizzy, and grateful
no sun blinds us, aware that all doors to
healing can open if we open them ourselves.
No masks, no faking it, no substitute will do.
 
And that’s exactly what I want to do. Now!
Before the world ends or I die.  On one
of my prayer days, I want to feel life's
energy flowing through me, I want to be
the energy, the love, the life force, open. 
 
With that enlightenment and energy,
we could dig deeper into life, heal more broken
pieces of God's world to leave it a better place.
I pray we know the center and never, ever 

forget. I pray all peoples wake into love. 

 For Mary's prompt "In Uncertain Times" at What's Going On? 

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