Power Lifting

I found this one in an old prayer journal while cleaning out my study (originally journaled 4-1-2003). 

 

Photo by Lee Lindsey McKinney

Weight of the world

precariously balanced

on shoulders too narrow,

too weak to bear such mass.

Sweating, straining, shaking,

determined not to fail;

loud and clear the message:

Will and way must meet.

Yet, another voice pleads

a very different case:

The solar system did just fine

for eons without your help.

Let the earth spin its wobbly path

just the way I planned

so you can sing

and dance upon it

in my gift of joy to you.

Let go of God's work;

spend your energy becoming

the universe's gift of creation

by living love and hope.

So much lighter the step

when the world is released;

double-spinning 'round the sun

to embrace life's light and dark.

© 2015 Todd Jenkins