digital art: ralph murre
MIRACLE
by
Sharon Auberle
Though we have no wings to lift us up,
we
have imaginations that will.”
- Frans Lanting
Whatever
you do in this life,
never
ignore small miracles
like
this flock of white pelicans
soaring
in circles overhead,
their
great bodies backlit
by
the sun, radiance pouring
down
through their wings
in
waterfalls of light.
Consider
there might be
angels
among them,
but
even if you don’t find angels,
know
your heart has been softened
by
these immense beings of grace.
Please
do not dismiss such gifts,
for
rarely are we so blessed.
And
oh, don’t turn away
and
resume your small life,
instead,
rise up, for a little while
as
if you had seven foot wings,
as
if you realized, finally,
we
are all made of light.
~
first published in The Nature of
Door (Cross+Roads Press)
