Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Brimful quiet

Brimful quiet                                                                                              

Humility never crosses their minds –
the humble ones, nor envy their hearts,

allowing the world to go its way,
having eschewed complexity

for truth’s simple fare. 
Traded their wine for water

and drink of it deeply,
upholding soberness and clarity. 

Like large stones on the wayside,
they let nothing sway them

or carry them away;
add nothing nor subtract.

And if they are waiting for God,
they do so without clamor or petition,

their threadbare lives brimful quiet, 
cherishing the lack, doing without

the things they have long determined
have no substance or worth.

O child of God, speak of the humble ones
with all the humility you can muster.




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