A picture from a previous manse garden that appeared on my Facebook feed today, prompting me to think longingly of the past and forget the beauty around me now. |
From time to time, however, a line or two of his will break through my furrowed-brow reading of his writing, including my current re-reading of "Anam Cara." In it at one point he says "the eternal is not elsewhere", which prompted me, shameless thief, to use that phrase in the following piece:
The eternal is not elsewhere.
It knocks at the doors
of our senses.
It is woven through
the warp and weft
of the everyday.
It is not for later:
It is for now,
and always was.
It is not confined
to sacred spaces
Thin places
Though they are
Arrow slits
Through which to glimpse
The wider vista
Which can be ours
If only we would
Look deeper
Savour longer
Touch more tenderly
Listen attentively.
Eternity is infinite
It is everywhere
It is here.
Selah
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