Saturday, April 6, 2024

SURRENDER



I heard a wise man say,

 “I gaze until I see the beautiful.”

And so, I gazed.


Across the meadow,

where I have looked a thousand times

to trees at the horizon gleaming golden

under blue heaven at sunset.


Each time

 in only moments

 brilliant trees fade to brown

and sky to grey.


They don't mind. 


Each time,

I turn away

Today, I gazed until—

I saw the beautiful 


  Imagining their joining me in praise--

not for a parting of the sea

or water become wine,

but the miracle of light 

the grace of surrender



Painting by Robert Louis Williams 

www.robertlouiswilliams.com



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