Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Generous Suffering

Be generous as you carry your hidden hurts
out of those dark places, concealed
and, frankly, dangerously balanced

until your soul pleads
to be given permission
to bundle the small sheaf
of plump and nourishing truth

until you walk a thousand miles
on your knees nearly arriving at the dooryard
of everything you love

weeping at the familiar faces
who welcome you home,
no longer a stranger
at the holiest table.

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