The words
on your screen
(or page)
are not really written
about you
as much as they're about
what I've
seen and felt
along the
journey of life.
If they
comfort or cut you or both,
it may be
because you have
felt,
heard, and seen things that,
though
they're quite dissimilar,
have burned
and illumined
you with the
same fire and light.
Many
years ago,
a regular
at my doorstep
was a man
who'd seen
more of
his share of bad luck
and
run-ins with the law.
One day,
as he explained to me
why his most
recent stint in jail
was quite
longer than expected,
he
described an altercation
with
another prisoner
by the
malapropism: coincidence.
Maybe co-incident, instead,
is an
appropriate construct
to
describe the way our lives intersect
along
their spiritual journey;
an apt
description of light and fire
from one’s
path illuminating and warming others’;
how and
why we're never quite
as alone or
in the dark
as we
might imagine.
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| Photo by Todd Jenkins |
© 2014
Todd Jenkins
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