Amen, Bookends of this Day

“The Amen of nature is always a flower.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Amen by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

“When I forget that the whole world
is holy, even the tiny dark bugs
that slip through window screens
and flock and stick to kitchen lights,
even the charred black remains of forest,
even the river as it floods bright red,
even when my cheeks are tear-stained
and my body tightens with fear,
that is when a kind letter from a stranger
arrives in the mail, or the rabbit will stand
on his back legs to nibble on mint,
or the meadow will blaze with the day’s
last slant of sunlight and my heart opens
so wide that inside the fear rises praise.”

Amen
Hello and Good-bye, everything in between
Start and end this day
Amen
Bookends, woven through the story too
Praise, gratitude, joy
Amen
Curiosity, inquiry, attention
Fresh day
Possibilities and imagination
Beauty and light
Amen
Blooming in brilliant color
Awaiting for our senses to arrive
To join the celebration of the present moment
Amen

“Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.” – Richard Rohr