thy faithfulness and 14 June
(two poems)


thy faithfulness

and now for God
though maybe
God has been with me
from the start
because if not my own
it’s in
God’s nature
and certainly God’s
skill
and also
desire

the same desire
that made everything
and more
the wish
the will
to love the everything
and above all
and with the will of
unfallen angels
to love most
ourselves

we are that important
not for demons
whose interest in consumption
is not the healthy use of
creation
but frankly
to suck us dry
of flesh and spirit
and then display the husks
eagerly
in hell

but we have God
and willful angels
	elected
on our side
and in the room
though will leave us quiet
when quiet
is soulfully
or physically demanded

quiet
time
and should we wish
some company
divine
with less than a word
shall be here
to cheer
and to guide

to love
and to show
how love
begins and ends
with presence
one form
or
another


14 June
(2024)

happy
Flag Day
Mitzi’s birthday

the puppy
(not the flag)
who crawled up
on the porch
the day our family
moved
into Pittsburgh
northern suburbs
and remained with us
the next
seventeen years
and was
extraordinary
patient with
several
growing children

as for the flag
you know
we flew it
very day
I recall


there are some things it seems I wrote about most years; today is a thing


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