Show me wood
and I will say
there were 10,000 crosses
but my belief
is not bound up in trees
I am old as shale
layered under my feet
and young as air
what I know hums
in molecules I borrow
and give back
simple as breath.
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Susan Daniels Poetry 
Borrowed molecules are as simple as breath. I like the unity of being expressed in this poem. Very meditative. All one.
Thanks, Alice. Exactly the way I see it 😉
Yes! Thank you Susan for saying this. So much controversy. How much does it really matter? The here and now is FAR more important.
Oh, I so agree. All that time and energy going into proving–what, exactly? That it is a piece of wood? There here and now encompasses the past and should not be limited to such narrow things. My faith can’t be put in a little box. Fairly certain no one’s can.
superb
Thanks so much, Paul.
Beautiful poem
Thank you, Brandy.
Yes… such unprovable artefacts are fun in the reading, for me from a historical perspective no matter the significance attached for spiritual reasons. Spirituality is not a product of the physical world, although as Native Americans liked to believe, the reverse has merit.
Great comment, Nelle–and my sentiments exactly.
what I know hums within
the molecules I borrow
and give back
simple as breath…that just sums it up perfectly..
Aw, Claudia, thank you! It is difficult to translate faith…
Good poetry is complex ideas expressed as simply as possible. This is good poetry.
Oh, Jack, thank you so much!
people have truly lost their flesh of love and forgiveness ~ leading lives of bone fragments How broken!
Pretty sweeping statement there, I have a voice.
Deb often speaks poetry in her comments 😉
Makes them a lot of fun to read.
well said!
Thanks, Noel!
Beautiful poem!
Oh, thank you!
Brilliant words, and to the point 🙂
Thank you, Celestine!!!!
that 1st stanza, Susan. Wow
Thank you, Stacy!
Love love love this Susan as usual!
Your poetry speaks like a sermon to me 🙂
Aw, Gretchen, thank you!
If one thinks it is the wood from a cross, there is no one who can disprove it! Smiles.
Quite true, Mary. I for one, though, am far more grateful for what happened on one cross in particular than relics of any kind 😉
excellent
Thanks so much, Mark!
“…hums in molecules and gives back…” :: much to muse over in this piece, deceptively simple, so few words say much. ~peace, Jason
Thanks, Jason. Sometimes, the deepest things are the simplest.
You are right, Susan…it is in quiet simplicity that we can best understand our own profoundness. ~J
nice…i like that what you know hums in molecules breathed in and breathed out…it accentuates a connection greater than symbolism to me….
Brian, thank you. I am glad it does that for you, because that connection, which we all have, is deeper than anything easily explained.
Perfection!
Anna :o]
Thanks, Anna!
Just beautifully written.
Thank you!
Complex and deep, simple and lovely allat the same time – great poetry… With Best Wishes Scott http://www.scotthastie.com
Scott–thank you. Honored that you think so.
This is amazing with the power and the message it conveys!
Thank you, Oloniel!
From structure, to images and message- stunning. I wish I could think of way to describe how I felt after reading this. What I want to convey is I admire and love your work.
LaTonya, thank you. I am humbled by your words.
I love this, perfect in its message and brevity. And a fabulous ending!
Thank you, Kelly!
Very nice! This poem had such an airy vibe to it if that makes sense. I enjoyed it!
Aw, thank you!
You are welcome!
Eloquent, elegant, inner truth – the exchange of you and the world around you – isn’t that what is most fundamental, isn’t that the basis of every faith? Always enlightened by your work, Susan.
Gay, thank you. I agree. Faith is an elemental thing.
Well said. And I agree!
Shanys–thank you so much. I am just grateful for one of those 10,000 crosses.
Amen to that! I,too, am so grateful for that one cross.
My brother fishes like that. What potential for all of us to breathe the same borrowed air.
Oh, Susan, thank you!