Greetings, First Unitarian!
Today’s poem is a tapestry of sweetness. The words gracefully weave together the threads of nature’s wonders with the sacredness of thought and the absence thereof.
The part that I find sweetest of all is the author’s momentary pause at the well of human love when he writes about the ‘warm clarity of a face that finds your face and doesn’t turn away.” During this time of separation, there are some faces of our dear ones, beloved faces that do not turn away from our gaze, whose in-person company we are currently not able to savor.
While this is a challenge, it can also be an invitation. There are other faces we encounter…unfamiliar ones whose paths cross ours on a walk, at the store, or across the alley as we tend our gardens. These new faces can be gifts, as they bring opportunities for momentary connection. So often in these moments we divert our eyes completely, or if eye-contact is made we immediately glance away. How lovely it is when both faces don’t turn away, but meet however briefly, and warmly acknowledge the other…unexpected moments of grace that find their way into our days.
Perhaps you find this or another part of the poem especially splendid.
I hope so!
Sending love,
Lori
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