Thursday, June 18, 2015

Thirst

Grace is an awakening
to the gift that we can and should
decline to accept every invitation
to self-loathing; both those

that come from within and without,
because God has invited us
to a party with an altogether
different theme: love.

The day's dream-wake:
leaving all the invitations
to self-loathing unopened

is the first major leg
of the journey toward
learning how not to issue
such invitations to others.

Even the smallest sip
of genuine grace sharpens
our palates to recognize

and reject the bitter aftertaste
of all pretenders, awakening
our connection to others' thirst.


© 2015 Todd Jenkins

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