And So I Walk

“Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.

                                                                                                Karl Barth

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the sun rises

fiery red

as if to convince me that there is

life

for the having

brown dust explodes beneath my feet

as underneath this angry sky

I wander

feeling singularly empty

disconnected

the plaintive query of my soul

echoes through the vast empty chamber

which this day

this moment

is me

is anybody in here?

I am pretty sure I am in there someplace

I am even more sure the Sacred waits

Aching to be found

but in this moment

my soul is an echo chamber

and so I walk

left foot, right foot

left foot

breathe

and I have compassion on myself

“May I find the Sacred within

  May I find myself, again

  In the light of unwavering love

  May my body be healed

  May my mind be healed

  May my heart be healed

  May my soul be healed

  May I be at peace”

and so I walk