January 28, 2020

EXPERIENCING  IT

You have to experience it;

you have to watch it change;

then you can really know it.

To stand by the rails

and watch a ship slide and

glide away from land and shore ….

To pick potatoes or apples,

strawberries or blueberries,

raspberries or grapes ….

To put together – paper

and string and ribs of wood -

and then to go fly a kite ….

To admit it was a mistake,

to fill out the papers,

to get a divorce ….

To take bread, to take wine,

to be ordained to say,

“This is my body. This is my blood.”

To bring a child into our world,

to teach her gentleness, gratitude,

grace, greatness  and geography ….

You have to experience it;

you have to watch it change;

then you can really know it.

© Andy Costello, Reflections