Twisting and Turning Toward the Holy

Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, February 20, 2000

We do not move in a straight line
toward that which is Holy
beyond and within,
but twisting and turning,
cycling and circling,
we move forward
and deeper
toward where we need to be.
And whether we complete our task
or come back again to finish it
is unimportant
if we can look back
and say:
There is something new
I have learned today.

Still, the lesson can lie forgotten
two days in three,
but that it abides at all,
and that we learn at all
amid the lies and self-torture,
betrayals and pain
we endure
(and force others to endure)
is reason enough
to continue
and even rejoice
and turn yet again
to take up the tools and folly
of another day of living
on this Earth.

jbs
5/15/99

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