Poem "A REASON"

A REASON (July 22, 2014)

(Finished August 1, 2014)

I woke up at 3:00 a.m. today and started praying, especially for the situation in the Middle East and all the horrible things that are happening in the World.  Suddenly, I thought of the last two lines to this poem that was unfinished.  Also, I was thinking about the song my guitar teacher, Luciano, is helping to prepare to sing (my song “San Cayetano”), that I wrote in the year 2000, which you can see in my blog!

We plan to sing it in a future Café Literario de Padre Hernan.  It is in English and also translated to Spanish.

This is especially for Karla, Jess’s friend, who died recently on July 24^th.  It is a coincidence that she has the same name, with the same spelling as mine.

(“Still I look to see a reason to believe”)

A REASON

Then we found one.

It was what we needed.

It left something,

Where once we had suffered and bleeded.

The peace and connection

Found in the early hours,

Speaks of positive might, and powers.

And then faith appeared

With simple, hopeful, words and song,

Giving vibes of peace and love…

The nourishment we had looked for all along!

                        By: Karla Wagener