Centering Force

Surely inside us all
Is this deep still place,
This place that is like the sun—
Bright and immovable,
Like an axle of a wheel—
Centered and strong,
This place
Within
That illuminates,
That dictates
Movement, direction and turn,
A centering force,
A centripetal call,
To stay connected
To that deep still place.

By Cathy Lamperski Dearing

(Cathy Lamperski Dearing is a member of St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis.) †