December 12,  2020

A   METAPHOR  OF  LIFE

 

What would I  do,  if God said, “Life is just
a bubble – and in a few seconds it will burst!”
 
I don’t know what I would say, if that was it. 
I think I would say, “God. I need a few years.”
 
I probably would add, “In a second what could
I see? The sky …. The sea…. A running dog….
 
Before I die I want to see mountains …
long white fences surrounding green fields….
 
I want to see dolphins, love, children,
the consecration at a Holy Mass.
 
I want to see Christ with children, friends, enemies,
the healed and the disciples on Easter morn….
 
Then Christ, hearing that  screamed from Pole to Pole,
“Okay! Get moving. And don’t come home empty.”
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020