Hi readers! After a bit of a pause in the series, we are glad to announce that with today’s post, we are hopeful that the series will be consistent for the next couple of months.
This week’s metaphorical piece is a poem written by Laura Dornon. Laura lives in Michigan with her husband and their three children. Her writing currently is largely influenced by her present occupation of full-time mothering and homemaking. Laura said the following about her pieces that she is sharing with the Mind Stayed series: “I'm trying to just write my thoughts and stop editing myself (like studying journalism taught me to do- be concise and fast and not overly descriptive)... but I'm trying to free myself from those constraints and just let myself think on paper.”
The sun glints off the rain Drops clinging to my window The dirt beneath me holds arms wide Drinking the rain, long absent Parched I want to run out and stand To spread my arms and dance and fly Painted deep blue sky slowly transforms To pale azure and puffs of white Fresh Dark clouds pass south Light pierces and steps to center stage Are you ever struck by beauty So deeply it plays a chord in your soul? Captivates I want to drink my fill of it To stand and forsake all deadlines and plans As the clouds roll back for the sun My eyes feel fresh and new Awe Open wide shaken by beauty Sometimes glory peeks out Your breath is stolen and everything else fades You weep for the sheer perfection of it Beauty For a moment it seemed truth was right there Just outside your grasp Something at the edge of vision Then groceries and traffic and hum drum Distraction You're pulled back to the concrete The window is closed, the glory tasted You stopped and listened and heard the song Precious minutes planted a seed Hope
Check back here in a couple days for a discussion thread in order to share your thoughts on the poem. Then also again, on Friday evening, to test your knowledge of, and challenge yourself to dig into, the Bible, and to find out what the author thought of when she wrote this.
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