Theology
If you study the leaves
each is a little book,
and the stems of grass
are lines of poetry.
Where is the patience
to hear what the wind
keeps telling us?
The blackbird in the bush
sings a psalm of summer.
Listen.
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Theology
If you study the leaves
each is a little book,
and the stems of grass
are lines of poetry.
Where is the patience
to hear what the wind
keeps telling us?
The blackbird in the bush
sings a psalm of summer.
Listen.
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