“If we could only see this:” a poem

If we could only see this

God’s tears are clear

and only when we look through them

can we see clearly.

As the Light passes through

God’s own self, it is reflected

onto the world around us,

within us–there is only here,

there is only together. 

You and I stand side by side,

dancing through life.

Any differences are merely

shadows where God’s Light

takes its time to pass through

the leaves that teach us

about the beauty of each moment.

When I see you, I learn about

a shade of God’s own being

I never imagined possible.

I lay my basket on the ground

and stretch out my hands

toward the sky, toward you.

Stuart