It’s never been more clear how linked we are, and how our choices affect everyone else. It’s never been more clear how quickly the world is changing. How quickly we’re having to learn to dance with uncertainty, to be fully present, to bring out the best in ourselves and share it.
We’ve never needed each other more, and yet we’re separated—or are we? Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer offers us poetry to remind us of the connection we crave and of the light we all carry. This prayer poem is about gratitude for the gift of life.
It’s Like This
It’s like this. The sun itself
is constantly moving through space,
and yet it never leaves us.
Add this to the list of marvels—
like how a glass of water
was once a cloud,
like how love can grow in us
despite sorrow, and fear.
Given such gifts,
one must wonder how it is
our arms aren’t constantly raised
in spontaneous praise for life.
I know and you know
why sometimes our hands stay down.
But now, standing still together,
even as we’re spinning
and racing through space,
even if it’s only a whisper,
when faced with the truth
that great forces hold
our lives in place,
it feels right to say
thank you, thank you,
eyes lifting, heart trembling,
the improbable earth
so solid beneath our feet.
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