October 7, 2011

My Journey to God

Mary of Nazareth

“blessed art thou among women” (Lk 1:42)

The day was pink and clean,
like linen—
the heavens filled
with light, billowing tulle.

This morning I walked
to the well
for a pitcher of water.
I walked in the garden.

The sun was silver.
A cool breeze
blew over the hill
like a veil, pale blue.

I closed my eyes; my heart
lay open:
something stirred
in me, a cluster of roses.

The sun dropped down
and scooped
me up in a porcelain spoon.
It filled my bones.

All day I have tried
to recapture
it: the fullness
of that feeling—

unnamed flower,
burgundy black blooming—
inside my heart,
that wingless beating.

By Nettie Farris

(Nettie Farris is a member of St. Mary-of-the-Knobs Parish in Floyds Knobs.)

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