IF

Christmas poem

A Christmas poem

IF


She had not stilled her own soul
like a weaned child
on the breast of God
If she had not learned
to touch presence
in emptiness

If she had not attuned her inner ear
to the heartbeat of God
or the whir of wings

Would she have even noticed the angel?

--Sheryl Chen, OCSO


  [a poem from Student Leadership journal]