Rome (Photo: Irene Bom)
I recently bought a book of poetry by Bonnie Thurston called, Practicing Silence, and have been dipping into it as a kind of spiritual practice. You have to slow down and savour the words. You can’t rush it.
Here’s the poem that inspired this month’s theme, “Healing”.
Inside out
On the face of it
all appears well,
but mostly wounds
are deep beyond reckoning.
As in surgery
the surface heals,
but in subcutaneous depths
resides an awful, jagged maw
into which one
must eventually walk,
sit down, wait for what
only waiting accomplishes:
victory over restlessness
conquering the urge to control;
acceptance of utter helplessness
inviting help’s arrival.
We are all healed
in passive voice
and from the inside out.
~ by Bonnie Thurston, from Practicing Silence: New and Selected Verses, p. 74
From the blog
The Spirit does wonders
Testing ground
In the school of prayer with Anselm