Sunday, July 31, 2011

To: the promise in Eden.

the poem will not write itself.
the sun will not move to midday position at moontime.
breakfast would not find your stomach through osmosis.
weeds grow where they want, stifle the legit ones,
labor is pain only when you're on your back.
or a maternity ward.
or both.
labor is the world moving itself quarter seconds at a time
how force gets applied to the moving of things.
how the moving of things comes by effort
how everything comes by effort,
how loving you the right way is only by measure of effort.
and Baba said all work is prayer.
I am praying with all the effort in me.

Arielle John

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

loved the examples used in this to support effort. everyday things, often negligible. things that seem so small you made them big, probably as big as they really are almost. work is worship. real nice:-)

Anonymous said...

strive that your actions day by day may be beautiful prayers -Paris Talks