So we come to the last official day in Lent. Our journey is not quite over though, because Holy Week begins…
It feel important to end this part with prayer. For this, we turn again to the poetry of Chris Fosten. We will be hearing from him some more during the week ahead.
“The human being is a continuous prayer” is a quote I came across from
the Nobel Laureate John Fosse which immediately hit me as something
profound. Many think of prayer as an act at the extreme end of the
scales: in times of desperation or celebration. But it made me think
about everything that should count as prayer – the mundane, the gloomy,
the unexciting, and it came out as this prayer/poem._
“The human being is a continuous prayer”
.
For those days I wake up
stomach already knotted,
head swimming,
confidence sluicing away
with the shower:
amen..
For the days I salt my tea,
press Reply All to emails,
eat messy meals
when I chose to wear
a new white shirt:
amen..
For the days when words
don’t flow as readily as tears,
pressure weighs heavy
and I can’t see past the fog
and the rain:
amen..
For the moments when morning
feels so far away,
senses cannot cope with more,
the mind refuses to speak
to other parts of me:
amen..
For the screw-ups and triumphs,
grazes and graceful leaps,
the endless wonder
of imperfection:
thank you and
amen.
