joy

a created thing
birthed from a stone mother
I can only shape
what is seen and sing it
not into being,
just of it

I am/we are
the flaw
in the symmetry
of the universe
the exception
at the core
of each live thing
that catches this
animating magic

because this joy is old
in its making
even as it whispers
through this body
lightly chained
to my blood
for a moment
fluttering like wings
beneath skin

I will cry out with it
because like everything living
I am made to glorify

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About Susan L Daniels

I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?
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10 Responses to joy

  1. The Enfant Terrible's avatar The Enfant Terrible says:

    Beautiful, so well-expressed! Thank you for sharing.

  2. unfetteredbs's avatar unfetteredbs says:

    love the imagery here…lightly chained. Fabulous as always 🙂

  3. nelle's avatar nelle says:

    “The flaw in the symmetry of the universe”. I love the wording, and rather like my place as an assymetrical being. 🙂

  4. Lucas J. Draeger's avatar legionwriter says:

    Fantastic, this. 🙂

  5. I believe and feel we are the reason for all existence ~ a total shift!

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