From the midday Dream of a nap
Suddenly opening up to a whole wide vista
Of an eternity without limits
Centred in this little consciousness
Opening itself outward and onward
High and all around – pure light
A sense of Bliss without limits except for its
Beginning – An immortal constricted
A moment of a flash of a glorious nothing
Everything is overwhelming and pure
It gives the jitters and goosebumps
I am the recipient of such a bounty
Gracious and gratis, undeserving and yet
available for the taking, being part thereof.
After a night of worrisome dreams, after long
Being challenged by youngsters – unfriendly
Threatening looks to be disarmed, facing
In confidence, waiting for the right words and look
A threat of the unknown, in the choices
A fear lurks as to what if all does not go well.
The nightmare of the fall,
a drop into an unending abyss,
not knowing where it lands, always an escape
out from it into daylight.
Yet is there something in it?
Being bold and brave, and trusting
In the Divine guidance
With no rubrics and rituals, or canons
Without restrictions,
The freedom to be Catholic
Universal, Christ-like, Unbound,
Daring and Surrendering.