ASSISI: VENTRILOQUISM FOR MY GRAILA leap across the hill-top,Is an encounter with God.Concealed in the language of historythe depth of human religiosity.It rings true for me thoughthose stories of Francis of Assisi.Surely, striking the hallmarks of simplicityin quietude where I cling to reality.There is a twofold bridge in it,That is historical and biblicalThat I must continue to facethe conundrum of life in details.As my eyes follow the historical marksMy spirit keeps me wander to go beyond.I saw and greeted my experiencerooted in a quest for holiness.On this journey that I makeSeeks intimacy and familiarityWith the One beyond in my sanctuarythe great mystery, the depth of my sensitivity.It is my own nature and beingto be fascinated and become aware.Like the ancient Greeks’ epikeiathe gateway to conventional sapientia.St Francis of Assisi walks with meWho awakens and links me to nadaAn experience of self-emptying and detachmentIndeed, he is a mentor, an inspiration.Maybe there is a restriction on the wayto go inside the religious buildings.But such an experience to be there,increasingly, more interior and spiritual.It is not always the way I think thoughBut it is tremendum et fascinans.The dynamics of inwardness compelsto the experience of silence and beyond.Francis and Clare, mirror of sanctity!Through the centuries they have been our saints.Being a pilgrim I hail them as my friendsin search for beatitude and spiritual fulfillment.
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