Grow

for the ways

that our Bodies

and Beings expand

through the pains

and strains of

new Life beginning

and struggling to

take shape within

the Silent Dark

hosting the Spark

that ignites our

Hopes and fears

with paradoxical tears

the harrowing haze

hiding the Gaze

of luminous Delight

illumining our Ways

through doxological years

the hideous heartbreak

stretching our sinews

and Spirits like

a friendless wake

under flexible Steeples

the endless Wait

for the state

of perfect Peace

to permeate our

Psyches and Peoples

the arduous Ache

for the sake

of giving Love

in the form

of living Love...

Thanks.

#100wordprayers #Advent2023 #ThePenultimateLongestNight #TheEndlessWaitForPerfectPeaceIsEmpoweredBySubversiveJoy #WeAreEnlargedInTheWaiting 

('Earth Birth' © Judy Chicago)