Seconds

whether it's an extra

helping of dessert

(like my Dad

requests and enjoys

at every meal)

or precious brief glimpses

(usually in Threes)

of a Beloved

no longer breathing

next to us

(but still part

of the Breath)

appearing to us

whilst we're awakening

(startling and shaking us

blessing and breaking us

like the Breeze)

or the bonus moments

to cherish Those

whose recollective abilities

are slowly fading

but innate sensibilities

for familiar jocularities

and tearful Mysteries

of collective memories

are as surprisingly

sharp and intact

as ever before

the simple Seconds

savoured and shared

(even when we're

feeling scattered and

shattered and scared)

are in fact

the most Sacred

and sensational Gifts

we ever receive

since They appear

in the midst

of our fear

of the daunting

Here and Now

as temporal Signs

of Eternal Realities

Ordinary Oracles of

Extraordinary Love in

the Forever More...

Thanks.

#150wordprayers #UnimiaginableGiftsFromInimitableBeloveds #BeautifulLegaciesOfBoundlessLove

(*Photo from sharing a few Sacred Seconds with my parents receiving the blessing from Easter Worship  at my church, Moreland Presbyterian in Portland, OR.)