To Soar Together Like Spirits

Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, April 14, 2002

Perhaps final victory will not come
and perfection is always unattainable;
but even knowing this cannot stop our blessed human spirits
from reaching out and joining hands;
from spreading light from one soul to another
in that continual, glorious arc
ever moving higher toward heaven.

There is nothing we can do
to stop the laws of nature, to alter the ineffable;
but what power is contained in a single human touch!
Think how much more is encoded in a deepening love,
a compassion that reflects the glory and wonder of God
in all of its splendor, magnificence, and peace:

Not to reach out in love to those souls nearest to us
is to stand back and watch the holy seed
grow dry, wizen, and die;
it is to stand back and do nothing
as the holy shoots wither,
and the holy leaves fall from the branch,
and the holy, smiling flower fades of all color,
and dies, right there before our very eyes.

If we squander this gift of divine love through our failures
to greet our friends, and help those we can,
and touch one another,
what right have we to rail against life,
like ungracious guests at a wedding feast?
What right have we to question the very God who made us,
and gave us this power to choose to soar, together, like spirits?

jbs
5/23/00 - 4/14/02

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