a willingness to embrace suffering
par for the course
more
to offer it up
in union with Jesus on the Holy Cross
-a blessing indeed to have a share
be it ever so small yet eternal in reach.

seamless lifetime from conception to death
long or short you never know
all you have is now
-could be reminiscing or
a guilt trip of past happenings
or you could be at the disposal of love
-find yourself on the road of suffering
a blessed life so often misunderstood.

hearts beatout mystery
warm red rivers

flowing endlessly
a mysterious love

to fall in love
and rise from death

little daily deaths
self constantly experiences.

In the tapestry of existence,  

where shadows dance

upon
    the
      threads
                 of
                     time,  

we find ourselves,  

woven into the fabric of
            our
                        days,  
each s t i t c h a whisper

of what was.

Oh, the heart, a vessel of longing,  

bears the weight of unspoken sorrows, 
 
and in the silence of reflection, 
 
the truth lies h i d d e n, 
 
beneath layers of

                    forgotten

                                          dreams.

Embrace the surrender,  

for in

                           letting

                                                  go,

we find the essence,
  
the sacred truth of our being, 
 
unadorned by the judgments of the past,  

freed from the chains of despair.

In the eclipse of our pain, 
 
the light may seem distant, 
 
yet within the                                darkness, 
 
wisdom stirs,  

a gentle reminder of

                                                               ­          resilience.

Thus, we walk the path anew,
  
not as prisoners of memory, 

but as
                  pilgrims
                                       of
                                                     understanding, 
 
finding beauty in the scars,  

and grace in the

                                    journey

                                                           of

                                                               ­             becoming.