09 April 2013

S.P.I.E.S.

S.P.I.E.S *
 
Ah my soul, this day you walk the Spirit’s path.
Breath itself brings fullness to Creator’s gift.
Calm, vibrant, serene steps toward love’s bath,
Wholeness, completion, inclusion, Christ healed rift.
 
Container of sensation, holder of sentient thought,
My bark lightly running along life’s shifting sea,
Constant your reminder of past battles fought
This moment brings joy, all parts add up to be.
 
An idea bubbles into being, a thought finds a niche.
A string of phrases makes a sentence formed well.
Wonder accompanies notion weak, desultory or rich.
Self-edit, a constant practice, final product does tell.
 
Heart talk brings out the passion of this moment.
Emotions’ full palette, soft glowing hues, bold strokes.
Content for ideas, substantial as a sail grommet,
Once shared, bond in time, friends from lonely blokes.
 
Motley, earthy, kindly, coarse, relations become our self.
Trusted, flippant, momentary, decades long, our context true.
Born into, negotiated for, lived among, more on life’s shelf.
Engage those afar, close by, real moments are few.
 
Five containers together strung, order’s up to you.
Attended faithfully with intentional regard, will guide.
Creator seems interested in all not just the few.
Love, truth, justice, healthy wealth, hopefulness abide.
 
Individual make-up ever constructed with these blocks.
Relational reality includes something of these five.
Important considerations each area in our daily walks.
Useful categories as wholeness, wellness, we strive.
 
Contemplation best brings a supple movement to the day.
Intentionality doesn’t bind or make self-conscious every move.
Spirit freely guides, precocious, child-like, along the way.
For the nonce let us find the dance, find our groove.
 
The Rev. Ronald Allen Melver, M.Div.
31 August 2012
·        (Spiritual. Physical. Intellectual. Emotional. Social/Cultural)


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