Gather Up

Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella. - Barbara Johnson

not meager weeds but ample fodder

not silent thief but raucous marauder

not recondite words but unfathomed verse

not incisive thorns but flowers terse

not stoic frame but flowing painting

not incomprehensible reasons but deposition fainting

not atrophied doubt but faith straining

not exhausted night but weary day waning

Author's Note

"We bring our own biases, internal stories and values to the impressions we make. And we judge others without knowing their struggles, their grief and the burdens they carry. But if we can, it only takes a moment to go deeper and scratch the surface to discover what lies beneath." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

I like the contrast with not and but. You give us a glimpse into both. Gather up you all and listen. Pete is waxing and waning philosophical. I love it.