To Be Ready See

Last night a lunar eclipse

reddened, deepened,

said its prayers above our heads,

shared its vision of darkness

and light, movement and embrace,

of roundness, withdrawal and return,

the grace of shadowed loveliness,

a hymn of mystery chanted soft.

We stood in awe on our porch,

necks craned, while I'm sure many

slept or partied or did dishes

or stared at TVs, unaware.

If only someone had told them,

some TV host, “Go outside,”

some crazy neighbor,

“You're missing beauty.”

But no one told them.

They snacked, or tinkered.

They went to bed believing

in a world without such marvels.

Grace moves in shadows,

and wonders are given

that we would see

if only we knew to look.

This is why we study and pray:

to know of the work of God,

unseen. To know to look.

To be ready to see.

 

Steve Garnass-Holmes, unfoldinglight.net,  accessed on September 28,2023