Things I Cannot See

I’ve never seen wind, but I know it exists.
It laughs in the grasses along the beach
and tosses the froth of rolling waves
and rattles my window to sing me to sleep.

I’ve never seen love but I know it is real.
It fills the tears that run down my cheek
and soothes the pain when you touch my hand
and brings me joy when my world is a mess.

I’ve never seen God but I know God lives.
Not as a man on a cosmic throne
but a Presence that offers options and choice
that sings in my heart and creates in my mind.

I’ve never seen me, though I’ve looked all around.
The mirror reveals a shape and a form
but deep within the fiber and bone
is a child who dances to the mockingbird’s song.

Prayer For The Day:

Lord, today help me see the things I usually don’t see, things of
substance and beauty. Turn on the light in my imagination
before the one in my reasoning. Pull back the curtain of my
shallow reality and show me again the deep gladness of
being alive, awake and surprised by awe.
Amen