When Entangled (WC)

(Wendy Cabell, composed sometime in February but gathered March 3, 2025, Beginning of Great Lent, feast day of Our Lady of Miracles, Our Lady of Angels, the Volokolamsk Icon of the Mother of God, Saint Non of Wales, Saint Katharine Drexel, Saint Teresa Eustochio Verzeri, Blessed Concepcion Cabrera de Armida, Image from here.)

When Entangled

(for Pope Francis, February, 2025)

Seeds fallen among thorns 

Bills and bicker, borders 

                     closing 

            choking

lung’s lament

Be simple 

Our Mama says 

                Breathe,

                          Love, extraordinary bloom 

 

                                       petals permeated 

                                             alchemical sweetness 

 

                                                              needs time

                                                         needs space 

bed, chair, table glow, hands touch across —

Everything else is secondary

*Inspired by Matthew 13:7 (see also Our Lady of the Thorns), Our Lady of Mercy/Pellevoisin, André Frossard, Pope Francis and 2 Kings 4:8-11 respectively.