The day you left The world (my world) Was torn asunder And heaven (my heaven) Was made whole See you soon dearheart See you soon Cause (with the Lord a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day) Hurray
03.09.18
See
Oh Hey! I didn’t see you Standing there Wanting/waiting/wishing for Me to see You (standing there) I couldn’t Blinded as I was By who I Wanted you Thought you Believed you To be (or not) To be Such arrogance I repent I repent I repent
Transitions
All of my adults are driving today Transitions Feel still to me like fragile spaces (where anything can happen) I run Getting the phone call A knock at my door Scenarios And wonder if I’ll survive Another One I clamp down fear And Turn to You And Try/Cry for peace I call for angels to keep watch And Everyone In their lanes And Deer in the ditches And Drivers awake Till you all Come Home Get Home Are Home With Me
I Rode My Bike
I rode my bike Past the Saskatoon Crematorium Past S.I.R. Past Dundurn Past The Blackstrap And The weather changed (as weather will) And who knew there were hills on these prairies I arrived Cold and Tired and Wet and Hungry and Thirsty (very thirsty) Thankful the tires were intact (unprepared as I was) At Grandpa and Grandmas Hanley Saskatchewan And if they were surprised They showed it not The stoic politeness of sodbusters restrained The natural response To my foolishness Cause No one (generally) Rode their bike On the highway (in those days) And Love and grace Were more important 14
A Prayer for Mother’s Day
In May (the month of motherhood) Guilt and regret rise As I am reminded of all that I Didn’t do Didn’t see Didn’t hear Didn’t notice Didn’t respond to The ways in which I wasn’t Fair Kind Wise Loving Generous Enough Jesus I bring all that to you The whole hurtful mess of it You who are unshackled by time and space Heal Restore Make up for My egregious lack In Your strong name I bless my children (and my children’s children and and and) With Your healing Your wholeness Your love Your peace Your joy Your restoration Your life In Your strong name I pray Amen
1 Chronicles
In all the begatting That Went on/goes on/is going on/will go on Mothers are there Carrying Birthing Suffering Celebrating Cooking Cleaning Feeding Clothing Nurturing Correcting Cheering Weeping Worrying Praying Hoping Fearing Teaching Training Holding Releasing Doing Work (that is generally) Unseen Unsung Unrecorded Unpaid Yet Vital (no one lived/lives/will live without it) Worthy Work Unsung (generally) Except by The One Who Sees all Knows all The One Who Made you Prepared you Equipped you Called you Sees you And Rejoices Over the Relentless Sacrificing Faithfulness Of you He does
Simply Sisters
Same Different Same Different Same Different Same Biggest Fan Also Biggest Critic Same Different Same Different Same Different Same Different Same
Leaving
I dreamt of you Real and ethreal Your broad strong capable back Leaving (again) And I Breath in new courage To face the day Again
For Jill
I miss you I miss you No one else will do I miss you
Auntie Fern
Homemade bread and Ice cold well water (tastes of iron but still) Garden cukes (sliced just right) Butter Salt mmmm
Colleen R. Jantzen 