Poem June 4, 2018 Issue

Reverenced

Merrilyn McElderry

I wandered out in fields on starlit night,
clutching fear in tightly rounded fist,
thinking I’d find peacefulness in flight,
and give up fruitless efforts to persist.

Crossing stubbled field, by need possessed,
with lighted sentinels etched across the sky,
I slowed my pace, scooped stillness to my breast,
and stood there Soul-filled, uttering no cry.

My heart voiced wordlessly a prayerful song,
while facing still the row of blackened trees,
“Oh! Thank you for the place where I belong!”
I knew God’s grace, and bowed to bended knees.

Then looking up, I saw His answer bloom:
There is no holding back Truth’s light above.
As radiance broke through the curtained gloom,
I silently released all fears to Love.

—Merrilyn McElderry

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