Poem for a birthday
annual anniversary - another year is marked
and I ask God who knows
who sees
who searches
what is in my heart
will you tell me how I’m doing?
is this heart wiser
stronger
kinder
fuller
of your love
your grace
your compassion?
if it is hardened
tired
shuttered
will you soften any hard edges
refresh the weary woundedness
let in your light to all the corners?
then all who know me can see you
the God who sees
who knows
who loves abundantly
in the joy
the peace
the love
that radiates from my heart because of your work