post tenebras (after concealment)

 Mary, so

ordinary 

Held what

we are

Not yet

able to

Imagine —

Her origin

eternal now

and

completion

at once

Come

to light

why there is waiting in emergency department

 You hurt

Are worried

How serious

Is this

“Have a seat, 

Nurse triage

Will be soon

With you”

Then you wait

Some two minutes

Some 30

Feeling a lifetime

Here is where

Practice begins

You cannot help

Looking around

Others nearby

Also waiting

Uncertain, afraid

Inventorying

Do you feel

For them

Wish silently

Them well

Pray for

Them

If you do

Your practice 

Has begun

is ripe

Here’s the secret —

We pray for 

One-another

Because we are

One-another

A practice worth

Becoming

A becoming 

Worth 

Being

Let’s

Emerge

There

Here

facts

 Yes

We will all die

By virus

Or vaccine

Fire, cancer

Old age or

Car crash

We will

All die —

(Be of

Good

Cheer)

Now, then

What else 

Shall we

Talk about

if yes, then no

 Do I have faith? Is

What is happening good, true?

Do I dare affirm?

thinking of clare, her day

Clare and Francis, the way they were. 

 A mendicant (from Latin: mendicans, "begging") is one who practices mendicancy, relying chiefly or exclusively on alms to survive. In principle, mendicant religious orders own little property, either individually or collectively, and in many instances members have taken a vow of poverty, in order that all their time and energy could be expended on practicing their respective faith, preaching and serving society.

Mendicancy is a form of asceticism, especially in Western Christianity. In Eastern Christianity, ascetics are referred to as Fools for Christ.    (Wikipedia)

Their

Respective

Faith 

clear revelation

 Clare knew Francis well

poor peace’d mendicants they loved

as God/Nature shown

within silence

 Leave no trace — zen words

pass through everything without

once being pronounced

blank eyes

 unrecognizing

everything becomes unfelt —

decadence unfurls

悲しみと恥 *

 Nagasaki bomb

Showed world how little we care

About other lives —

So the story became save

Our boys kill the Japanese 

….  …   …

* Kanashimi to haji

悲しみと恥 

sadness and shame

co-monastic

 woman celebrates

meals continuation joy

nears as love nears here

arriving at something

 The lad from Vermont

Travels to this place grandparents

Fashioned from nothing

double fours sevens eights

 when mother father

were born they became today

sevens on eight eight