Poem for Eastertime! "BEARING CROSSES"

BEARING CROSSES

(March 6, 2014)

Life was a battle; the young years with ups and downs.

There was much laughter, many frowns.

Then I realized that my song was pleasant one day,

When the birds in the yard stopped to listen on their way.

Many explain and tell others what to do,

What is it the Master is saying to our hearts, with each mysterious clue?

It is difficult, sometimes, to understand what we must bear.

Why we don’t chuck it off, “it doesn’t seem fair”.

Then the awards so marvelous as the heart grows and roams,

The success in knowing that some people actually read our poems!

“It is the big surprise of the ocean; you don’t know what you’ll catch”!

What miracle now when we open the problematic latch?

It is the contradiction of all suffering borne…

That leaves us surrendered, manageable, and torn.

There grows new confidence for our sad song,

When the passionate birds begin to sing along!

                                         By: Karla

(This poem is especially dedicated to the new “Cardinals” recently named by Francisco; Especially “Mar”io Poli, with best wishes for all!)