Heartkeeping (WC)

 

(Wendy Cabell, December 18, 2021, full moon, feast day of the (above) Expectation of the Virgin Mary, and of the Mercedarians Redeemers. Jewish calendar commemorates Abraham Ibn Ezra's receiving Letter from the Shabbat Queen (related image above) in 1159, as well as Purim Hebron. Image from here.

Heartkeeping

Hear tell there’s a door to the heart. Might  

be a cloud is covering it. Or clutter about the

walkway. Maybe a simple broom will do 

the trick. As even Heaven has her Sweeper–-

She who smooths the folds of Her mantle–-roses 

peek through. Each petal known. Inevitable, 

Her unraveling

of the 

Way

Even Sky has her sweeper

She who

In anticipation of the feast day of Our Lady of Guatalupe

mantle smoothed, roses

peek through -- inevitable

Her unraveling our way

*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by Luis Eduardo Rendon’s The Only Key to Heaven. From Lisa Freedman's BreatheReadWrite, December 18, 2021.