rain prayer

Father God,

i just wanted you 

to know

that i heard your early rain 

falling softly

on my rooftop this morning

and when i stepped outside

to feel it on my face

the scent of it

astounded me

it was as though

i had never smelled it

before

and the cold of it?

ah, the cold of it

quickened me 

Lord, i love your rain…

and i just wanted

you

to know

"Has the rain a Father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?"

                                                           Job 38:28

*Photograph taken later that morning in the Potwin neighborhood. (Topeka, Ks.)

march surprise

it was a quiet day

no wind

no throng

when i heard

the blossoms

singing

"A song will outlive all sermons in the memory." ~Henry Giles

"Let the fields be jubilant and everything in them. Let the trees of the forest sing for joy."  Psalm 96:12

trails

they crisscross
through the sky

and i see
miracle

one tiny being

in the middle of a pasture
in the middle of a life


"The only way to live is to accept each moment as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable."  Storm Jameson