4/11/2009

Vigil

Anything I might try
(out of panic or leaden, longtime horror)
would be worse than disastrous.
So I wait,
wanting something gloriously absurd to happen.
Now that would be a sign.

And you,
what do you wait for?
Have a seat, take a candle, warm up.
We have a long night ahead of us.

3 Comments:

At 11:33 AM, Blogger Helen V. said...

That's lovely, Laura.

 
At 5:04 PM, Blogger Laura E. Goodin said...

Thank you. The Vigil was more than usually meaningful for me this Easter.

 
At 5:59 PM, Blogger Max Rainey said...

Easter Vigil is The Best.

barukh atah adonai elohenu, malek ha-olam, shehakol nih'yeh bid'varoBlessed are you, O LORD our god, Rule of the Universe,
Who made all things exist through your Word.

yours in the struggle,

Max

 

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