Today we welcome back Margaret Somerville, with her beautiful poem ‘Beyond’.
Margaret is the author of ‘When prayer doesn’t work’, one of the best books of prayer I have ever read. She works at the interface between different faiths, seeking to comb together stories of connection and commonality.
Beyond
In the field beyond right and wrong
where we chose to sit for a while
you showed me the scratches on your heart
where others had not understood
the way you see the world
and all that lies
between the muscles of survival.
I told you the secrets of my belief
of a god not named with words and creeds
and the blank spaces where others once had sat.Here
beyond,
these sharings take shape
as fibers weaving into
friendship
gentle nods that bobble the head
open hands extended
eyes that scan farther than horizons
with unlimited
embrace.
by Margaret Somerville
